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The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.
Backstage at CBS Studio 50, before a 1956 airing of The Ed Sullivan Show, New York City Commissioner of Health Leona Baumgartner, right, holds the arm of Elvis Presley as Assistant Commissioner Harold Fuerst administers the polio vaccine to the king of rock ‘n’ roll.
How Elvis Helped America Eliminate Polio. The rock star’s much-publicized vaccination inspired reluctant U.S. teens to get inoculated
3 cze 2021 · On October 28, 1956, Elvis Presley went on the "Ed Sullivan Show" to get his polio vaccination — and inspired teenagers to follow his lead.
The first mass use of an influenza vaccine for soldiers in the United States came in 1944, and for civilians, in 1945. During the research for this vaccine, it was discovered that immunity against one type of virus does not give immunity against the other.
12 kwi 2013 · Elvis Presley receives the Salk polio vaccine in 1956. Awareness about the vaccine led to the end of polio in the U.S. Most babies today still receive the injection.
23 kwi 2016 · The resulting photographs were published in newspapers across the US. The publicity was part of a bid to help correct a major flaw in the nation’s polio vaccination campaign, as Cambridge...
