We’ve Been Here Before: The Polio Vaccine

We can learn a lot from history, if we choose to. Mass vaccinations in the 1950s helped eradicate polio from the United States. Join the discussion of how we conquered this crippling disease 70 years ago from with Rene F. Najera, DrPh, Editor, History of Vaccines, College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Chris Crenner, M.D. Ph.D. Hudson-Major Professor and Chair at the University of Kansas Medical Center and other polio experts.

Email cmcguire@lvplks.org or call 913-682-5666 ext. 5100 to participate in the program.

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