Polio Battle Recalled

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Sixty years ago,northeastern Wisconsin was at the epicenter of a polio outbreak.It changed society as people avoided public gatherings.A documentary about the outbreak includes the story of a Green Bay woman who was pregnant with polio. Patty Murray reports.

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