Welcome to the
Ohio Polio Network
Website
Home, and Akron and Miami Valley PPSG pages updated May 31, 2023
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September 1st is the beginning of the new OPN membership year.
Please
renew your membership to OPN. Dues are only $10 a year.
The
OPN year is from September 1, 2022 thru August 31, 2023.
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The Ohio Polio Network became an independent 501(c)3 organization on September 1, 1993. This is our 30th year!
We are planning an event to commemorate this milestone. Due to the availability of resources, we found it necessary to change
the date. More information to follow - Please mark the new date - October
7, 2023 on your calendars. Pat Kelly,
OPN President
Happy
Spring!
About Us
Contact Us Page
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Ohio Polio Network Membership Form (dues/donations/memorials)
Ohio Polio Network Resources Page
Post-Polio by Subject
Memorial Page
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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
Clinical Trials Post-Polio Syndrome
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Post Polio Support Group and Zoom Speaker Meetings
Akron Post-Polio Support Group Meeting 06/10/2023
Miami Valley Post-Polio Support Group Meeting 07/22/2023
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Ohio Polio Network Board Meeting
Friday, June 2, 2023
1:00 PM
Zoom Meeting
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Links to Recent Articles
'Very real risk': Health chiefs urge parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to prevent it spreading across
London
G7 Health Ministers call for global support to achieving lasting polio-free world by 2026
World Polio Day 2010: Post Polio Syndrome Is Here To Stay - Germany
Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency, but others remain
Living With Polio - Polio Place search page
Polio Found Circulating In Rockland Again: NY Health Officials
Polio: leading virologist offers a beginner's guide to the different viruses and vaccines
Bill to change school immunization requirement for exemptions heard
In Memory of Charter OPN Member Carolyn Melvin
Support group for polio survivors starting in Mount Pleasant
Commission on Aging to host polio support group
After New York's travel warning for Israel: What's polio and how do you contract it?
For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio
Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann, "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement," Dies at 75
Poor disabled-friendly facilities a bane for handicapped persons in Kedah
In Memory of Leland P Zurbrugg
Why Haven't We Eradicated Polio? (Youtube)
Member States guide direction of polio transition post-2023
Opinion: Kids should not face the nearly unsurmountable barriers thrown in my dad's path
A polio survivor shares her story
Things started looking up for Rochester in 1949
Year-Ender 2022: It was much more than COVID-19 and its impact this year
County To Accept Polio Vaccine
The long tail: Post-Polio Syndrome
What You Need to Know About Post-Polio Syndrome
In Memory of Beverly Dipert
'I spend my day in bed until I can turn the heating on' -- polio survivor struggles to stay warm as bills soar
Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day
Rotary organizes "polio outside the world campaign"
How turning the heat down or off could pose a grave threat to your health this winter
Editorial by Bloomberg Opinion | Just one case of polio is a global threat
Long COVID: Here's what we can learn from chronic sequelae of other infectious diseases
Australian bush nurse Elizabeth Kenny honoured for pioneering polio treatment and VIDEO: A 1940s instructional video of Sister
Elizabeth Kenny demonstrating her polio treatment technique.
I remember young girls screaming in pain, crying out...
NYC wastewater testing finds presence of polio linked to strain that paralyzed man
The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio?
CDC Issues Warning as New Data Shows Scope of Polio Spread in NYC Area
North Wales polio victim who spent childhood in 'iron lung' warns others not to end up like her
Maine polio survivor helps vaccinate kids around the world- Youtube video
Polio awareness campaign and vaccination drive to take place this weekend - video
Polio remains a Rotary International focus
CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak
One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio 24 October
Vaccine skeptics might walk a mile in polio sufferers' shoes
Pressing questions about polio, answered
Canada advancing to ensure safe and secure containment of poliovirus
Dr. Duncan A. Holbert: 30-Year Polio Survivor
The End of Polio?
Long Covid and post polio syndrome: The lessons to be learned from the polio pandemic's lasting effects
Lima Ohio Rotary helps in the fight to eradicate polio
Will polio ever disappear? Experts 'doubt' it.
Son of Polio Vaccine Inventor Jonas Salk Warns Recent New York Case is a 'Wake-Up Call'
Polio survivors in N.C. talk about severity of the illness after case detected in New York
Polio is circulating in the U.S.; anti-vax movement is to blame, according to top doc
Polio is back in rich countries, but it poses a far bigger threat to developing world
With polio's return, here's what back-to-schoolers need to know
Before Long COVID Came Post-Polio Syndrome
Former nonprofit executive on growing up as a polio survivor, lasting impacts
Dr. Kohli Talks Polio
Poliovirus is spreading in New York. Here's what you need to know
My mother's walk through life with polio
Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert - a virologist explains the history of this dreaded
disease
What You Need to Know About Post-Polio Syndrome
In Memory of Evelyn Waite
DR. LAURO HALSTEAD OBITUARY
Polio Survivor And Doctor Chooses New Path
In Memory of Mae Inscoe - West Virginia Chapter of Post-Polio Survivors President for over 25 years
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