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Tom Hiddleston is back in the Marvel universe as the title character of "Loki." (Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios/TNS)
La enfermera Sandra Lindsay recibe la segunda dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer contra el covid en el Centro Médico Judío de Long Island el 4 de enero de 2021 en el distrito de Queens de la ciudad de Nueva York.
THE AMERICAN POLIO EPIDEMIC: WHAT WAS IT? | The nation's first large-scale polio epidemic broke out in New York City in 1916. In total nationwide, 27,000 cases were contracted and 6,000 people died. For the next four decades, local epidemics across the U.S. worsened as the virus struck children and surged in the summer. In about 95% of polio cases, patients were asymptomatic. However, 1% to 2% of people became paralyzed. Some recovered completely while others were paralyzed for life. A record 57,628 polio cases were reported in the U.S. in 1952 alone.