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Tampa native works to buy mobility van to continue helping sick kids with therapy dogs

Scott Baggett is a Tampa native who survived polio as a child. Now, he helps sick kids navigate their illness with therapy ...
WESA

70 years after first polio vaccine was licensed, survivors stress importance of vaccination

Members of the Post Polio Network volunteer at a recent health and disability fair in New Hope, Pa. Jim Smith was only 2 years old when he suddenly became paralyzed from the neck down. It was 1945, ...
Tulsa World

Many polio survivors at risk for post-polio syndrome later in life

Dear Dr. Gott: About 20 years ago, I started experiencing leg aches and generalized fatigue. When I was 21, I had polio (I am now 60), and research on the Internet led me to the conclusion I have post ...
Orlando Sentinel

Polio long-haulers must be their own medical advocates | Commentary

World Polio Day is Oct. 24. I am a polio survivor, contracting polio in 1953. Most polio survivors cannot tell you who gave them the virus or exactly where they contracted it. However, I can tell you ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Improves Physical Performance in Post-Polio Patients

Findings showed after 52 weeks, significant improvements in 2MWD and 6MWD were seen with Flebogamma 5% DIF 1mg/kg compared with placebo. Topline data were announced from a phase 2/3 trial evaluating ...