Vaccinating young children against polio challenged JFK, officials - The Washington Post


6/18/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Jodie Tillman

Young children are finally on the cusp of receiving coronavirus vaccines. But in the 1960s, U.S. officials struggled to get young kids vaccinated against polio.

Placeholder while article actions load A highly effective vaccine had countered a deadly virus, and America was moving on. Only the virus hadnt disappeared, of course, and millions of unvaccinated y… [+7425 chars]

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