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Ohio Polio Network
Website
Home, In Memorium, 2025 Donors, Akron,
and Mid-Ohio Valley PPSG pages updated August 13, 2025
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Poliomyelitis
Handbook on the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis for Physicians and Survivors (on-line)
Ohio Polio Network Resources Page
Anesthesia Warning and Symptom Information (Polio Network)
Post-Polio Health International Youtube Videos
Old OPN Newsletters
US News and World Report Health - Best Hospitals 2024
UK Polio Survivors Network Library Page
Post-Polio by Subject
In Memoriam
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Polio History Smithsonian Institution
Whatever Happened to Polio
Post-Polio Health International
Post-Polio Health International Resource Locator
Polio Place
A Polio Survivor's Guide: Funding Resources for Medical & Adaptive Resources
Post-Polio Health International Videos Youtube page
Spinal Cord Gray Matter Atrophy in Post-Polio Syndrome Tied to Functional Decline - Clinical Trial published in the European
Journal of Neurology
Rare Disease Database - Post Polio Syndrome
The Late Effects of Polio Information for General Practitioners
MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital Post-Polio Program
TIRR Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Rehabilitaion and Research - Post-Polio Syndrome page
The International Rehabilitation Center for Polio at Spaulding Framingham MA
Post-Polio Syndrome Research and Treatment Center, Syracuse, NY
Clinical Trials Post-Polio Syndrome
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2023 Ohio Polio Network Conference Program and Photos
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Post Polio Support Group
and Zoom Speaker Meetings
Akron Post-Polio Support Group Meeting 08/09/2025
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Ohio Polio Network Member Annual Meeting and OPN Board Election
Friday, September 5, 2025
1:00 PM
Zoom Meeting
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OHIO POLIO NETWORK ZOOM SPEAKER MEETING
Friday, September 19, 2025
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Zoom Meeting
Hal Hyatt Goldberg RIP
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Links to Recent Articles
Orthotics - A lifelong journey for survivors of the polio virus
What We Can Learn From Polio and Its Vaccines
Polio: Reviewing Its History and the Development of Vaccines
Quick Takes: US COVID uptick, new polio cases in 4 countries, measles outbreak in Michigan
Why childhood vaccines matter: Paediatrician raises concern on the alarming decline in global vaccine coverage
Eastern Iowan to take part in 'Flight to End Polio'
Bone biomarkers in post-polio clinic patients
Vaccines directly responsible for rapid decline in paralytic polio, despite online claims
Mid-Ohio Valley Post-Polio Group celebrated the 31st anniversary of being sponsored by the Wood County Society
In Memory of Hank Lee Keyes
Polio in medieval Sweden: Three burials and a dangerous disease Burials found in three different cemeteries in Sweden defied
explanation
'My greatest handicap was the attitude of normal people.' Alan Marshall's artful polio memoir, I Can Jump Puddles, turns 70
USAID defunding could lead to 14 million deaths worldwide from infectious diseases by 2030
In Memory of Shelba Boso
RFK Jr. guts the U.S. vaccine policy committee
In Memory of Nelson Henry Sommers
In Memory of Jo Ann Boggs
In Memory of Amelita D'Angelo Ritz
May Mid-Ohio Valley Support Group Meeting with speaker - Wood County Society Social Worker
At 100, Ohio resident Rita Competti may be the world's oldest polio survivor
Tailored Exercise Programs Enhance Health for Neuromuscular Disease Patients
The Vaccine Wars
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Polio Survivors in Davao City: A Thesis
Pioneering progress - our role in the polio vaccine
Mid-Ohio Valley PPSG Christmas Party
Post-Polio Sequelae
JAMA Article for Physicians on Post-Polio on Resources Page
Living With Polio - Polio Place search page
What You Need to Know About Post-Polio Syndrome
More Links to Articles - Post-Polio News Archive
The Warm Springs Story: Legacy & Legend
University of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Laboratories: Research Study Recruitment
Polio Australia: What are the late effects of polio?
Mayo Clinic: Post-Polio Syndrome
Tom House Presentation The healthy nervous system and the nervous system after an acute Polio illness with the after effects
and the Post Polio Syndrome (PPS)(Video)
Polio Australia's 2020 Polio Oz News
PPS Internet Resources Updated 01/01/2017
NINDS Motor Neuron Diseases Information Page
How to File an ADA Complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice
Guide to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Standards
Guide to the ABA (Architectural Barriers Act)Standards
POST POLIO NEWS ARCHIVE PAGE
