Jonas Salk, an American virologist and visionary, who was born 100 years ago on Oct. 28, 1914, developed the world’s first safe and effective polio vaccine. In celebration of Salk’s birth, here are some surprising facts about the vaccine that has nearly eradicated one of the most dreaded diseases of the 20th century, as well as […]
Doctors have long squabbled over the efficacy of the two types of polio vaccine, but Science Magazine recently reported a new finding that could possibly be the breakthrough needed to wipe out polio for once and for all. Polio is a disease that struck industrialized countries in the early 1900s, and transmitted by contact with […]
