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March of Dimes: The fight against Polio

Near the end of the 19th century polio, short for poliomyelitis virus, spread around the world in epidemic proportions, and for fifty years it threatened the entire human population.  In 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who suffered the lifelong effects of the disease, … Continue reading

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