The Day Polio Began Losing Its Grip on America

The Day Polio Began Losing Its Grip on America
Photo courtesy of March of Dimes. April 12, 1955, was supposed to be Tommy Francis's day. At 10:20 a.m., the distinguished epidemiologist conducted an international press conference in Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan. The topic was the …
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Alive Again': A Primer on What to Do — And What Your Family …
Opposite the title page of "Alive Again: Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction" (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 288 pages, $ 24.95, resources, index) is a reproduction of the front page of the Sunday Daily News for Oct. 31, 1971 with a photo of the …
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A Look Into The Shadows
But under its official, picture-postcard skin, the Bahamas has a troubled soul. It has become a place filled with pain, rage and despair. A place where the … These forces were born and nurtured during the drug crisis of the 1980s, when more than two …
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