Showing posts with label Jonas Salk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jonas Salk. Show all posts

April 12, 2010

On this day in history

The Salk vaccine was declared safe and effective.

February 23, 2010

First mass innoculation of children against polio on this day in 1954

On this day in 1954, in Pittsburgh, the first mass innoculation of children against polio was held, using the Salk vaccine.