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The Gates foundation pledged funds to end polio around the world, along with funding research and vaccinations to prevent a resurgence of the virus.

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Before the coronavirus, here’s how Tampa Bay fought polio with vaccines Thousands of children received polio vaccines in schools, while one Florida man was arrested for spreading anti-science propaganda.     Dixie Lee Heckel, then 3, receives her polio shot at the Leon County Health Unit in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 23, 1957. [ State Library and Archives of Florida ] Updated Dec. 16, 2020 As we wait we can learn from Tampa Bay’s vaccine past, starting with the polio vaccine. These lifesaving vaccinations emerged in the 1950s as researchers crusaded to stop a virus that att...

By GABRIELLE CALISE | Tampa Bay Times | Published: December 16, 2020 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TAMPA, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — History was made in Tampa Bay Monday as the first dose of coronavirus vaccine was given locally to a nurse at Tampa General Hospital. It was a long-awaited moment of hope for many, even those whose shots are months away. As we wait we can learn from Tampa Bay’s va...