5 days ago · Mitch McConnell’s Polio History. When he was a toddler, McConnell suffered from a polio attack in 1944, and his upper left leg was paralyzed by the disease. Though paralysis is a less common ...

Apr 10, 2020 · As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes back to an earlier crisis that gripped the nation, and his own life, when he was a boy. He was struck with polio. (McConnell Center at the University of Louisville via AP)

5 days ago · McConnell, 82, had polio as a child. The spokesman added that McConnell is using a wheelchair “purely as a precautionary measure.” Reporters saw McConnell fall down while he was walking down a...

5 days ago · "Senator McConnell is fine," McConnell spokeswoman Stephanie Penn said in a statement. "The lingering effects of polio in his left leg will not disrupt his regular schedule of work.”

Stricken with polio in 1944, 2-year-old Mitch McConnell spent his days confined to bed or undergoing a strict physical therapy regimen to rehabilitate his left leg at an age when most toddlers ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader and a survivor of polio, issued a pointed statement in support of the polio vaccine on Friday, hours after The New York Times reported that...

Apr 10, 2020 · Mitch McConnell's earliest childhood memory is the day he left the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, Ga., for the last time.

Apr 10, 2020 · As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes back to an earlier crisis that gripped the nation, and his own life, when he was a boy. He was struck with...

Feb 28, 2024 · At the age of two, he contracted polio, which left a portion of his left leg paralysed and saw him bullied by other kids. He has credited extensive physical rehabilitation and a protective...