Some post-polio patients originally had mild symptoms. Others needed leg braces, calipers, or an iron lung. For the latter group, the reemergence of symptoms can feel like a deal gone sour.

The polio affected Julia's left leg - the muscles had wasted so much it was shorter than the right. 'I was allowed home on Christmas Eve with my leg in a calliper. The doctors said I'd always have ...

The eradication of polio in India is one of the ... Hashmi will undergo a surgery to fit his legs with calipers. The 20-year-old hopes he will finally be able to walk after.

Ms Chadwick attended check-ups at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London throughout her childhood after an aunt recommended the polio clinic there. She was fitted with a caliper on her right leg ...

more than a decade before the polio vaccine was invented by Jonas Salk. As her body grew, so did her affected leg, but it never quite caught up. Polio left her with a foot that was smaller than ...