In 1976, 45 million people received shots against the disease.?However, it was the vaccination that ended up doing more damage. Twelve people died and another 400 people were paralyzed after ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

Q:I was in the military in 1976 when we were required to get a swine-flu vaccine. But now I hear that there is a new swine-flu vaccine. If I was vaccinated back then, am I protected from the current ...

He pointed to the 1976 swine flu vaccine, which produced a strong immune response to the whole virus it contained but also caused high rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome, an immune disorder in which the ...