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The NY Times remembers Polio Survivors...

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Added > 2/7/2010  Views > 451  Rating > 0

  For some survivors, polio won't fade into the past.  By Kirk Johnson, published February 2, 2010 in the NY Times website. Tells the story of several polio survivors and what their life is like now.  Unfortuntely, because of their copyright p...
 
           
Nigeria the 2009 leader in progress toward ending ...

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Added > 1/11/2010  Views > 359  Rating > 0

  By Dan Nixon  Rotary International News -- 8 January 2010          A Rotarian records that a household's children have been vaccinated against polio during Immunization Plus Days in Nigeria. Rot...
 
           
From Ann Lee Hussey: My experience at the Concert ...

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Added > 12/11/2009  Views > 482  Rating > 0

  My decision to attend the Concert to End Polio featuring Itzhak Perlman was an easy decision to make.  Here was a famous person willing to share his passion, his talent and his courage with the world in an attempt to raise funds to support Rotary Int...
 
           
Itzhak Perlman wields violin as a weapon against ...

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Added > 12/11/2009  Views > 400  Rating > 0

  NEW YORK (Dec. 4, 2009) — The global effort to eradicate polio received a major boost on Dec. 2, when violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, a polio survivor himself, joined with the New York Philharmonic to perform The Concert to End Polio before an audience of...
 
           
Many years later, a scourge returns: Post-polio s...

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Added > 11/20/2009  Views > 497  Rating > 0

  From the SignOn San Diego News By Scott LaFeeMonday, November 16, 2009 at 1:29 a.m. In 1950, when he was 31⁄2 years old, Rick Kneeshaw contracted polio. Within days, the healthy toddler was crippled, paralysis quickly numbing and immobi...
 
           
From The Modesto Bee: Motorcyclist helps fight ag...

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Added > 10/10/2009  Views > 516  Rating > 0

  Motorcyclist helps fight against polio By Lisa Milleganlmillegan@modbee.com story from: http://www.modbee.com/local/story/886824.html?story_link=email_msg last updated: October 09, 2009 01:30:02 AM Bob Mutchler, "Motorcycle Bob", spok...
 
           
Salk Goes Digital from voice of sandiego.org...

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Added > 9/28/2009  Views > 369  Rating > 0

  If, after reading my story today on the biotech industry's aversion to social media, you are looking for a science organization that has embraced the new media landscape, look no further than the granddaddy of them all. Salk Institute for Biological Stud...
 
           
Polio Plus - From Crawling to Walking Courtesy of ...

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Added > 9/28/2009  Views > 345  Rating > 0

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=webqUBf-GhM  ...
 
           
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Commits $30 Million to...

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Added > 9/28/2009  Views > 331  Rating > 0

  Wed Sep 23, 1:05 pm ET Contribution includes education initiative leading up to Hajj New York (Vocus) September 23, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today th...
 
           
PSA-PHI Joint Effort...

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Added > 2/23/2009  Views > 397  Rating > 0

  Ann Lee Hussey, Chairman of the Rotary Action Group - Polio Survivors and Associates (PSA), and Joan L. Headley, Executive Director of Post-Polio Health International (PHI), have announced a joint effort to promote greater public awareness of polio in pre...
 

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