It’s something that affects you your whole ... across the country for a new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh. The famous scientist’s ...

By 1979, polio had been eradicated in the US. Jonas Salk is one of science’s folk heroes. The polio vaccine was actually his sophomore effort — he and Thomas Francis developed the first ...

Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, developed in Pittsburgh ... Zoom in: Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh spent seven years developing the vaccine, first testing it on Pittsburgh-area ...

This team won the 1954 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine. Now Salk could speed up his research. Using formaldehyde, he killed the polio virus but kept it intact enough to trigger the body's response.

After retailing Dr. Salk’s early history, including his having to work after school in order to complete his education, the newspaper says: “The world pays tribute to Dr. Jonas E. Salk ...

70 years since Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine changed … News / Apr 7, 2025 / 07:52 PM PDT On April 12, 1955, Jonas Salk and his colleagues declared the polio vaccine safe and effective.

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 ...

Re “70 years ago, the polio vaccine changed the world” (April 16): I loved the piece in Wednesday’s Union-Tribune about the polio vaccine, and about Jonas Salk’s selflessness. Both my ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

On April 12, 1955, Jonas Salk and his colleagues declared the polio vaccine safe and effective. Gerald Joyce, Salk President, joined Fox 5 to talk about how the polio vaccine helped decrease polio ...

In April of 1955, fearing the polio epidemic sweeping the US, Josephine Gottsdanker took her five-year-old daughter Anne to the pediatrician to receive Jonas Salk's new polio vaccine. Four days ...

This team won the 1954 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine. Now Salk could speed up his research. Using formaldehyde, he killed the polio virus but kept it intact enough to trigger the body's response.