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The original formulation of the polio vaccine was announced in 1953.
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Archival footage showing children with polio, Jonas Salk giving injections of vaccine,...
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A health care worker giving a polio vaccine to a child in Katsina state, Nigeria,...
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist carrying out molecular...
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Jonas Salk vaccinating a young girl against polio in 1953.
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In 1953 American scientist and physician Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine.
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A child wearing a brace on a leg that has been affected by polio.
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In the United States, mass vaccination programs carried out against diphtheria, polio,...
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Vaccines and the estimates of lives saved over the period 1974–2024.
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