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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