How vaccines save lives and fight disease

Vaccines can work in about four different ways. Here's what you need to know about how they're made and how long it takes to ...
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Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates elicits concerns about diagnosing polio

Health experts worry the policy change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases — like polio, ...

Commentary: Recalling the dangers of polio and the importance of vaccines

As they prepared to leave their home early Saturday, Nelson grabbed the polio insurance policy he’d purchased. The year was ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: My mother had polio. I know how important vaccines are.

My mother, Cathryn Robertson Forrester, had polio. As a child in the 1930s, she was living in New York when she was struck with polio at the age of six. As a result, she suffered partial paralysis of ...

Has Florida already lifted vaccine mandates? What are next steps? Here’s an FAQ

Florida’s Department of Health told the Associated Press that it initiated the rule change on Sept. 3 and “anticipates the rule change will not be effective for approximately 90 days.” That means the ...