In 1952, which disease struck the U.S. and became the worst outbreak of the illness in the nation's history at that time?

The polio epidemic of 1952 was the deadliest outbreak of the illness in the history of the United States. Of the over 57,000 cases reported in that year over three thousand people died and over 21,000 were left with some form of disabling paralysis.

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