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During the summer of 1952, the United States faced its worst polio outbreak in history. Panic swept the nation as nearly 58,000 cases were reported. The virus targeted the nervous system, leaving thousands of children paralyzed. Hospitals across America quickly filled with giant metal tubes called iron lungs, which physically pushed air into the chests of young patients who could no longer breathe on their own. Parents kept their kids away from public pools and movie theaters, terrified of the invisible threat. Behind the scenes at the University of Pittsburgh, a medical researcher named Jonas Salk worked tirelessly to find a solution. He developed a killed virus vaccine that proved incredibly effective during massive field trials involving over a million schoolchildren. On April 12, 1955, the government officially declared his vaccine safe and effective. When journalist Edward R. Murrow asked him who owned the patent, Salk gave a legendary response. He said the patent belonged to the people and asked, "Could you patent the sun?" Salk walked away from an estimated seven billion dollars to ensure the vaccine reached every child, ultimately wiping out the disease in the country.

Annabelle Linn

🇺🇦 On July 17, 2022, war nearly took everything from him. A helicopter carrying his unit was struck. The blast cost Zakhar both arms, a leg, an eye, and part of his hearing. Doctors gave no prognosis. Seven hospitals in two months. Survival was uncertain. He survived them all. Recovery meant starting over in a body transformed by war. Prosthetics. Surgeries. Infections. Pain measured in days, not weeks. Dependence where independence once lived. Yet through it all, his philosophy never wavered: “It starts with a smile. If you choose positivity, it leads to good things. If you choose negative, it leads only to depression and no future.” Today, Zakhar paints landscapes with his prosthetic arm. He is earning a Master’s in psychology. He is a husband, a father, and a living definition of resilience. His wife Yulia says it best: “Zakhar was highly motivated and optimistic before the injury — and that’s exactly who he is today.” War took nearly everything from his body. It never touched who he is. #ZakharBiryukov #Ukraine #HumanResilience #NeverGiveUp #UkraineStrong #HumanSpirit #UntoldStories

James Robinson

In the scheme of things my time is running out! Not to be morbid but at my age, I may have another 10 years to Live according to Mortality Tables, and mine is certainly skewed by Cancer and other ailments I have! That’s just the truth of the matter! I am not here believing I’ll live to 100 or something! I am simply not that lucky or fortunate to have great Genes which I don’t! I am a realist at heart and accept what my eventual outcome will be. Talking about it helps me to focus on what is important and what is in front of me! I refuse to Lie to myself and placate my own devices wants and wish’s! It’s hard to swallow my situation now! It was thrust in my face in October 15th 2020. My Dr called Me at work after I emailed her and had questioned some Bloodwork results and asked why my white blood cells and lymphocytes were so elevated. She called and simply said, I think you likely have Cancer! Come to the office as soon as possible and let me get some bloodwork and let’s get to the bottom of this. I left work immediately and went to the Lab and they drew 8 biles of blood! I was told it would take up to 3 weeks to get the results! I called my boss and explained the situation and let her know I would not be back to work any time soon! My boss was very understanding and gave me the time I needed! My mind raced to the worse possible events that I likely had cancer and had a finite amount of time left and should make the best of it! I finalized my possible death and secured my death benefits and made final arrangements. Three weeks of pure agony and anguish I went through waiting for my results! Once they came in I had an appointment with an Oncologist/ hematologist, she confirmed that I had Cancer Leukemia to be exact! I felt devastated and defeated! She told me I had CLL B cell cancer which was considered ( The Good Cancer )! Is there such a thing as a Good Cancer? I think not! That did not help me understand! I began to dive into the genetics

Sheila Hunt

good morning good afternoon or good evening wherever you are at in this world God bless you and I am so glad you woke up this morning. My thought on the scripture this morning. Yes everything has expiration date except for the Lord and here lately. I’ve been thinking about my life‘s expiration date. Nobody knows when you’re gonna die but the Lord, but my health just seems to be getting worse and worse or something new is happening to my body now I have this arthritis in my shoulders, and God knows it hurts. It’s just another thing to build on top of everything else that’s going on in my life with my health. I need all the prayers I can get in this world from whoever will pray for me and I pray myself every day, I ask God to give me a good day two days ago. I had a really good day with my breathing with my anxiety because that’s the main two things that I have problems with is my breathing cause God knows I have a bad set of lungs. I did it to myself. Yes, they say God only gives you what you can handle. I want to know where that sand come from because it’s not in the Bible, which I don’t think it is so if you’re reading this, please is it in the Bible that God only gives you what you can handle because he’s giving me so much more than I can Handle. I can’t handle having 5 to 6 anxiety attacks a day. It’s hard on the brain. It makes me think I’m dying. I’m not ready to die. I’ll be 53 years old the last day of this month so please say a prayer for me and if you’re going through anything in life right now, whoever you are in this world, I will say a prayer for you. God bless you and have a blessed day. #Isaiah_26_4

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