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NOVA•Season 15•Episode 11

Can You Still Get Polio?

Apr 5, 198855 min

Most cases of polio in this country are caused by the vaccine designed to prevent it. NOVA examines the controvery surrounding the nation's vaccine policy.

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Season 15 Episodes22

Top Gun and Beyond

How to Create a Junk Food

Buried in Ice

Why Planes Burn

Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial

Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide

The Mystery of the Master Builders

Whale Rescue

The Man Who Loved Numbers

Race for the Superconductor

Can You Still Get Polio?

Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft

Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart

Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old

Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife

Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?

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Episode Summary

"Can You Still Get Polio?" is episode 11 of NOVA season 15. It aired on April 5, 1988.

Next: E12 · Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft Best of Season 15