Make Sure Your Kids Are Vaccinated Against Polio

Eradicated in the U.S. long ago, the virus that can cause paralysis and death has re-emerged

Robert Roy Britt

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An illustration of the poliovirus. Credit: CDC

Parents of kids who haven’t had the poliovirus vaccine—a surprisingly large number, we just learned—might consider history. Before the highly effective vaccine was developed in the 1950s, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis…

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB