paralysis
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The breakthrough arrived in 1955 when Dr. Jonas Salk introduced a safe and effective injected vaccine, funded by grassroots donations to the March of Dimes, then officially known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The mites also spread dangerous viruses such as Deformed Wing Virus and Acute Bee Paralysis Virus by injecting them directly into a bee's bloodstream.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Donnie died on 6 March 1941 of a rare condition called Landry's Paralysis - known in the UK as the Guillain-Barré syndrome - where the immune system attacks the nervous system.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025
Americans responded by sending their dimes to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, otherwise known as the March of Dimes.
From National Geographic • Jan. 2, 2024
Paralysis affected the motor oculi, causing prolapse of the upper eyelid, in six cases; in half of these there was also outward squint.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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