He was an adult when, in 1921, he was diagnosed with polio after awakening one morning unable to move his legs. His experience led him to establish the March of Dimes six years after taking office ...

Frank Holgye (supplied by Frank Holgye) “The last time I had a caliper made ... people with post-polio syndrome under the current HCP Program operational manual and questioned why many lower limb ...

It took about five months for Smith to recover, but he was left with permanent muscle weakness and partial paralysis in one leg. “And you limped, they called you names,” said Carol Ferguson, a ...

Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated, thanks to vaccines. All vaccines work by training our immune systems to ...

"It's difficult for me to discuss polio or post-polio," said Wesley Moss of Marietta. "I've worn a long leg brace on my left leg since I was about 2 years old." Survivors say the fact that few ...

Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome ... In most (95%) of the participants, their legs were most impacted by PPS. The principal test used ...

Every aspect of Grace Rossow’s life since she was around nine months old has been affected by polio. The vaccine-preventable ... function in her entire left leg. “Every time that I take ...

Aaron has barely any memory of this. But each time I hear “polio” in our modern political discourse, I can’t forget those words: I can’t feel my legs. I know now that the odds of Aaron ...

Pilgrims are flocking to Maha Kumbh to take the holy dip in Sangam but several differently abled people have a different reason to visit Prayagraj -- free treatment and fitment of artificial limbs.

It is one reason he went into bioethics. He recovered, but the weakness in his legs returned about seven years ago, he said. His doctor told him the polio virus was “reawakening.” At 74 ...

And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, requiring crutches, or using a wheelchair due to paralysis after a bout ...

I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. In 1954, my father was a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee. As part of the worldwide effort to stop polio, he was given a limited ...