polio

Dr. Alicia Pointer recently took over as the Commissioner of Health for Orange County. She discusses this new role with WAMC's Ian Pickus.

As children head back to school, leaders in government, education and medicine are anticipating an uptick in COVID-19 spread. The expectations come as about 30 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 11 and 60 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds have completed a two-dose COVID vaccination series, according to the CDC — which also loosened pandemic guidance for schools following the tumultuous shutdowns of 2020.

After retiring from Berkshire Farm Center, Leona Scarpinato was a volunteer at the National Archives in Pittsfield, where she assisted others in…

Jackie Mercurio lives with her husband, five children, and black Lab in New York. She is a freelance writer and editor, who teaches at Concordia College…

Karen Chase chronicles her childhood with polio and talks about the 1950s polio outbreak in the U.S. as part of her memoir, Polio Boulevard. Her book…

James Tobin writes in his new biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "It is a truism to say Roosevelt overcame polio to become President. It is just as…