America has been, for generations, the envy of the world in terms of its medical research breakthroughs. From the development of penicillin in the early 1940s, to Jonas Salk’s polio ...

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During the summer of 1944, children under the age of 14 could not participate in some of their usual activities due to a polio outbreak in the Louisville area.

America has been, for generations, the envy of the world in terms of its medical research breakthroughs. From the development of penicillin in the early 1940s, to Jonas Salk’s polio ...

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Enter Jonas Salk—a quiet, brilliant guy with a game-changing idea: a vaccine that could stop polio in its tracks. And when he finally succeeds? He gives it away. No patent, no billion-dollar payout.

On April 12, 1955, the world received the news that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was “safe, effective and potent.” This declaration marked the beginning of the end for a disease that had ...

Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the shot in 1955 for its safety and efficacy.

70 years after the first polio vaccine was licensed, Philly-area survivors stress importance of continued vaccination Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University ...

That's how Thomas Francis Jr. of the University of Michigan School of Public Health announced the arrival of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on April 12, 1955, to a stunned and grateful public.

This month marks the 70th anniversary of the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk and his colleagues being officially declared “safe, effective and potent,” jump-starting a vaccination effort ...