Concert To End Polio

Posted on December 4, 2009 by RotaryAdmin

Itzhak Perlman (the violin virtuoso and a polio victim) and the New York Philharmonic joined with Rotary to “End Polio Now Concert”. The December 2 concert at New York’s Lincoln Center was performed to a full theatre. In 1988, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF joined Rotary Read more about Concert To End Polio[…]

Today marks the anniversary for the Salk polio vaccine

Posted on April 12, 2009 by RotaryAdmin

Wall Street Journal Editorial April 12, 2005 “Today marks the 50th anniversary for the Salk polio vaccine. Poliomyelitis, also know as infantile paralysis, used to be one of childhood’s most feared diseases. A few years after Dr. Jonas Salk announced his vaccine on April 12, 1955, nearly every child in the U.S. was protected. Today Read more about Today marks the anniversary for the Salk polio vaccine[…]