Post-Polio Syndrome Is Coming for Millions of Global Survivors
Millions of global polio survivors are now facing the long-term effects of Post-Polio Syndrome decades after their initial infections. The article highlights the ongoing struggle for medical recognition and support for these aging survivors.
Why it matters
This report sheds light on a significant, often overlooked public health challenge affecting millions of people who survived the polio epidemics of the mid-20th century.
Andri White woke up in an iron lung. It was 1955, and the 7-year-old had just returned to London from a family vacation on England’s south coast, where, unbeknown to her, the poliovirus was lurking in the water.
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