TED Talks
Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff...
Curated Video
Eradication of Polio
Vaccines mean that there are now very few new polio cases, but in the early 1900s this wasn't the case. Learn how two scientists, Salk and Sabin, virtually wiped out this potentially deadly disease. Biology - Healthy Living - Polio is a...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Understanding Breakthrough Infections
In this video, we explore the concept of breakthrough infections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how vaccines work to strengthen the immune system's response to the virus, the effectiveness of COVID vaccines in...
Next Animation Studio
Venezuela reports first case of polio since 1989
A young child is reportedly afflicted with polio in Venezuela - the first reported case of the crippling disease since it's eradication in the country in 1989. The Telegraph reports that according to the Pan-American Health Organization,...
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Curated Video
Child polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
Health officials hope to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children under 10 years of age during a brief humanitarian pause. (Scripps News)
Hearst Metrotone News
Doctors and nurses administer polio vaccinations to children.
Doctors and nurses administer polio vaccinations to children.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York students in polio vaccine trial
Title: "New York" superimposed over aerials of city skyline / elementary school classroom with teacher and students / children with sleeves rolled up to be vaccinated against polio / sign for polio vaccine trials / children in queue in...
Getty Images
B/W 1955 two male scientists look at racks of sealed jars / newsreel / slate at beginning
B/W 1955 two male scientists look at racks of sealed jars / newsreel / slate at beginning
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Charitable organization Variety Club International holds convention in Dallas at which it gives out awards
Title "For underprivileged children . . . Variety Clubs reports on humane projects" superimposed over poster on wall of building of carnival barker / crowd of guests entering building / two shots of crowd of guests inside building /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New polio vaccine approved and distributed in US
VS Oveta Culp Hobby, US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare signs approval for licensing, manufacturing, and distribution of Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine; Surgeon General Dr. Leonard A. Scheele looks on; a view of her signature...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Reporters and others gather at the University of MI to hear the results of polio vaccine trials
WS EXT a two-story building on the campus of the University of MI / MS men enter the building / high angle VS group of journalists and scientists gathered for a press conference / VS journalists scramble for copies of a report being...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dr. Jonas Salk receives Congressional Medal for anti-polio vaccine presented by Health Sec'y Marion Folsom
Title Card: "Dr. Jonas E. Salk - New Honors For Developer Of Polio Vaccine" / WS and CU L to R.: Dr. Jonas Edward Salk, Developer of polio vaccine; Rep. Irwin D. Davidson, D-NY; and Marion B. Folsom, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education...
Curated Video
Polio Virus Spreading In U.K., Found In Sewage Samples
Scientists have found genetically linked samples suggesting the virus has mutated and has been spreading in Britain since February.
Hearst Metrotone News
School children wait in line to receive the polio vaccine from a doctor.
School children wait in line to receive the polio vaccine from a doctor.
Curated Video
First Lady Kicks Off COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign For Children
The White House is urging schools to host vaccine clinics for kids in the 5-11 age group now that a COVID-19 shot has been approved for them.
Hearst Metrotone News
A doctor prepares a dosage of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine.
A doctor prepares a dosage of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine.
Hearst Metrotone News
Dr. Jonas Salk talks to a coworker in the University of Pittsburgh Virus Research Laboratory.
Dr. Jonas Salk talks to a coworker in the University of Pittsburgh Virus Research Laboratory.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Vaccine scepticism hits Gambian anti-polio campaign
Efforts to stamp out polio in The Gambia are being met with scepticism linked to distrust of Covid-19 vaccines, according to a medical worker in the West African state (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)