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Jonas Salk

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / January 23, 2020 / Albert Sabin, development, History of Vaccines, Jonas Salk, polio vaccines, quotes, side effects

Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in 1955, an inactivated vaccine that we still use today.

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By Vincent Iannelli, MD / August 11, 2019 / Albert Sabin, History of Vaccines, Jonas Salk, oral polio vaccine, polio eradication, polio vaccines, VAPP

In 1961, Sabin’s live, attenuated polio vaccine replaced Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine that had been in use since 1955.

Polio Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / August 4, 2019 / Albert Sabin, History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, Jonas Salk, live vaccines, polio, polio eradication, polio vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, VAPP

The first polio vaccines were licensed in the 1950s and ’60s by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and have helped us get close to eradicating polio.

Do You Remember Sabin Sundays?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 3, 2019 / Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk, OPV, polio myths, polio pioneers, polio survivor, polio vaccines, Sabin Sundays, The Cutter Incident

You may have heard of the Polio Pioneers, the kids who got Jonas Salk‘s original inactivated polio vaccine in 1954. They were part of a large clinical trial, getting either the polio shot or a saline placebo, and helped prove that the vaccine was safe and effective. Do You Remember Sabin Sundays? Of course, that …

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