From the late 19th–mid 20th centuries, the nation lived in fear of the polio crisis. Generations of Americans were affected by this incurable illness until a brilliant young medical researcher developed a vaccine. #HopeThroughHistory brings this story: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-through-history/id1507276251 | HISTORY

How can the past explain its present re-emergence? Polio: A Cultural History #GreshamLecture Polio has a major role in the cultural history of the West. The early symptoms – which were often mild flu-like symptoms – would end in paralysis. Vaccinations against the disease proved controversial, given their trials on incarcerated prisoners and the use of “poster children”. Epidemics of the disease illustrate the uneven transmission of ideas about health and sickness. They show how the period's ger