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Local History and Resources
Connecticut Vaccine
Information Alliance provides information about vaccines including
laws, policies and exemption to Connecticut citizens.
The history of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center reflects the
historic discovery of the polio vaccine.
Local historian Steve Goddard muses about the discovery of the polio
vaccine.
Polio
Immunization information is available from Saint Francis Hospital.
Books
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Beating back the devil :
on the front lines with the disease detectives of the Epidemic
Intelligence Service / Maryn McKenna RA653 .M38 2004
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Splendid solution : Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio / Jeffrey Kluger QR31.S25 K58 2004
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Polio / Alan Hecht RC180.1 .H43 2003 CHILD
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The end of polio : a global effort to end a disease / photographs by Sebastião Salgado ; foreword by Kofi
A. Annan RA644.P9 S35 2003
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Managing post-polio : a guide to living well with
post-polio syndrome / editor Lauro S.
Halstead ; co-editor Naomi Naierman RC180.1 .H35 1998
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Patenting
the sun : polio and the Salk vaccine / Jane S. Smith. RA644.P9 S553
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The river : a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS / Edward Hooper RA644.A25 H663 1999
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Web sites
50th Anniversary
of the First Polio Vaccine The Centers for Disease Control
is marking the Anniversary of the first polio vaccine with information
about the history of the vaccine and the biographies of the scientists who
developed it.
National Museum of American Art has a display about the
history of the polio epidemic and the battle to cure it. On display
are the iron lungs and leg braces that were used by polio victims.
The online
exhibit complements the current exhibition at the museum, "Whatever
happened to polio."
March of Dimes is
an organization that came into being because of the polio epidemic of 1916.
Although polio has largely been eradicated from the United States, the March of Dimes
continues its battle against birth defects.
Periodicals
iCONN -
the Connecticut digital library provides a Health
and Wellness Database.
Using a Connecticut library card from your home or office
will provide access to
over 9000 articles. By typing the keyword "polio" in the search
box. You may
read these online, print them or email them to yourself or a
friend.
Government Documents
What
You Need to Know. Polio Vaccine Pamphlet from the Centers for Disease
Control
Understanding Vaccines: what they are and how they work Pamphlet
from the National Institutes of Health
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