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ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACCINE MADE IN 1953

8 Things You May Not Know About Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine - History in the Headlines

On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully
tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis
, the virus that causes the
crippling disease of polio.

Polio: What are the symptoms, how it is transmitted and is there any treatment?

Salk Polio Vaccine Conquered Terrifying Disease : NPR

Tricking the Body: A History of Vaccine Development for Polio – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News ...

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FIRST POLIO INJECTIONS GIVEN ON THIS DAY

Children receive the first Polio vaccine | Perry Daily Journal

On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the first injections of
the new polio vaccine
developed by Dr. Jonas Salk.

Thanks to the vaccine, by the 21st century polio cases were reduced
by 99 percent worldwide.

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Jonas Salk, M.D. | Academy of Achievement
Jonas Edward Salk
(October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995)

Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for ...

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DISEASE ERADICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1979

Smallpox general in US university row | Things under a microscope, Microscopic, Micro photography

On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declared that
smallpox had been eradicated. The disease, which carries around
a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been
eradicated.
    
    
Recent research indicates that the smallpox virus may have evolved
as late as 1580 CE.

Disease Eradication: What Does It Take to Wipe out a Disease?

Rahima holds a special place in smallpox history, years after it was eradicated : NPR

D.A. Henderson, ‘disease detective’ who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87 - The Washington Post
Dr. Donald A. Henderson (1928-2016) was the epidemiologist
who led the international war on smallpox that resulted
in its eradication.

Zomrel Donald Henderson, zaslúžil sa o odstránenie pravých kiahní - Svet - Správy - Pravda
A self-described “disease detective,” Dr. Henderson being
vaccinated for smallpox.

Coronavirus: la viruela, la única enfermedad humana que ha sido erradicada y qué lecciones dejó ...

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CHILDREN RECEIVE FIRST VACCINE IN 1954


Dr.Jonas Salk administered one of the first polio shots.

 

On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal
Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the
first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr.
Jonas
Salk
(above). Thanks to the vaccine, by the 21st
century polio cases were reduced by 99 percent worldwide.

Though not as devastating as the plague or influenza,
poliomyelitis was a highly contagious disease that emerged
in terrifying outbreaks and seemed impossible to stop.

Attacking the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous
system, polio caused muscle deterioration, paralysis and even
death. Even as medicine vastly improved in the first half of the
20th century in the Western world, polio still struck, affecting
mostly children but sometimes adults as well.

The most famous victim of a 1921 outbreak in America was
future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then a young
politician. The disease spread quickly, leaving his legs
permanently paralyzed.

 

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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On April 26, 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8
million children, began at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School
in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and
Finland participated in the trials, which used for the first time the
now-standard double-blind method, whereby neither the patient
nor attending doctor knew if the inoculation was the vaccine or a placebo.

One year later, on April 12, 1955, researchers announced the vaccine
was safe and effective and it quickly became a standard part of
childhood immunizations in America.

 

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