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Post-this disease syndrome affects many survivors, of which the U.S. is estimated to have 300,000, the vast majority over 65 |
polio
|
|
FJ |
MEDICINE |
2022-05-23 |
#8646 |
|
An effort lasting from 1985 to 1991 eliminated this paralytic illness from Latin America |
polio
|
$400 |
J |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
2005-12-21 |
#4898 |
|
Elizabeth Kenny was the first to treat this paralytic disease with moist heat & physical therapy |
polio
|
$300 |
J |
MEDICINE |
1996-12-19 |
#2834 |
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Australian nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny was famous for her methods in treating this often paralyzing disease |
polio
|
$600 |
DJ |
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
1995-12-18 |
#2601 |
|
The Salk & Sabin vaccines have been so successful that this disease has been eradicated in the Americas |
polio
|
$200 |
DJ |
SICKNESS & HEALTH |
1995-10-24 |
#2562 |
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About 85% of children infected with this disease, once called infantile paralysis, have no symptoms |
polio
|
$800 |
DJ |
SICKNESS & HEALTH |
1994-04-27 |
#2233 |
|
Though the Salk vaccine can help prevent this disease, no drug has been found that will cure it |
polio
|
$400 |
DJ |
MEDICINE |
1989-05-12 |
#1095 |
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Because it was once thought only children caught it, this disease was also called "infantile paralysis" |
polio
|
$200 |
DJ |
MEDICINE |
1987-05-06 |
#628 |
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In the '40s, Sister Kenny, an Australian nurse, brought her treatment for this disease to the U.S. |
polio
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
SICKNESS & HEALTH |
1986-05-14 |
#438 |