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Worse than COVID? 1950s polio epidemic struck terror in Nebraska until quelled by vaccines

Ken Oerter still remembers the day he fell ill with the mysterious sickness that was rampaging across the country, killing children and forcing families to isolate in their homes. He grew dizzy and weak just before he passed out on the playground of his country school near Reynolds in September 1945. Eight-year-old Ken was eventually loaded into the family car and driven over bumpy back roads to a hospital in Omaha where his parents received the grim news: he had polio, an incurable disease known to cause paralysis or even death. For Oerter, now 83, and others of his generation, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought back memories of the fear and heartbreak caused by polio. 

Top neighborhoods to explore in New York City

Top neighborhoods to explore in New York City Maya Stanton 4 May 2021 Each neighborhood in New York City offers a chance to experience the city from a different angle © dszc/Getty Images With more than 8 million people crammed into five boroughs spanning a mere 300 square miles, New York City is a boisterous metropolis that famously refuses to sleep. Its riot of sights and sounds vary so much from one block to the next – let alone from borough to borough – that you could take a month and visit a different part of town each day, and you d still only scratch the surface.

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