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Arkansas State Press
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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Dr. T. R. M. Howard, president of the National Medical Association, urges vaccination against polio via the Salk vaccine, collaborating with March of Dimes to vaccinate 58 million unvaccinated people under 40 before the 1957 season; 51 million have started the series.
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"Members of the National Medical Association are helping the March of Dimes to finish the job of defeating polio," stated Dr. T. R. M. Howard, president of the National Medical Association. "At the mid-winter meeting of the NMA's executive committee of the Board of Trustees, the physicians expressed their willingness to participate in a national program to vaccinate the 58 million people under forty years of age who have not yet received any vaccination before the 1957 polio season.
"The 5,000 members of the National Medical Association," Dr. Howard said, "are urging all people to get their Salk polio vaccine in the offices of their physicians. Some 51,000,000 adults and children already have started the recommended three shot series."
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51,000,000 adults and children already started the three-shot salk polio vaccine series; urging vaccination of 58 million unvaccinated under 40 before 1957 polio season
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Dr. T. R. M. Howard, president of the National Medical Association, stated that NMA members are helping March of Dimes defeat polio. At the mid-winter meeting of NMA's executive committee, physicians agreed to participate in national vaccination program. The 5,000 NMA members urge people to get Salk vaccine from physicians.