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Although the threat of polio ended with the Salk vaccine in 1954, many polio survivors are now experiencing the onset of post-polio syndrome (PPS), a complication with new but related symptoms such as chronic fatigue and joint pain.

Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond.

In this book, the authors tell thestory of this crippling virus that has struck down healthy children for centuries.

For many decades, scientists could do little to treat polio they knew its symptoms but had no idea how it was transmitted, or what caused the illness.