It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

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Janith Farnham has helped shepherd her daughter, Jacque, through life for decades. Jacque was born with congenital rubella ...

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that "nearly everybody born before 1957 had measles and mumps (but not rubella)." I was born in the early 1950s, so I fall into this category. A few years ago ...

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families By LAURA UNGAR , AP Science Writer Updated June 28, 2025 1:25 p.m.

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that “nearly everybody born before 1957 had measles and mumps (but not rubella).” I was born in the early 1950s, so I fall into this category.

Getting rubella while pregnant shaped two lives With a mother’s practiced, guiding hand, 80-year-old Janith Farnham helped steer her 60-year-old daughter’s walker through a Sioux Falls art center.

Many Forget the Damage Done by Diseases Like Whooping Cough, Measles and Rubella. Not These Families SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early ...

There was no vaccine against rubella back then, and Janith contracted the viral illness very early in the pregnancy, when she had up to a 90% chance of giving birth to a baby with the syndrome.