Aids/HIV
salk
Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 and died on June 23, 1995. Jonas Salk would have been 80 years old at the time of death or 100 years old today.
Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk's birth name is Jonas Edward Salk.
Jonas Salk is credited with creating the polio vaccine. His creation basically eliminated polio in countries where it is used. He spent the last years of his life researching a vaccine for AIDS.
Years before Jonas Salk's work, Dr. Albert Sabin developed a polio vaccine using live virus. The Sabin vaccine was used for 18 years before the government recommended using the Salk vaccine, exclusively.
In the 1950s, Salk developed the first polio vaccine, an injection. In 1962, Sabin developed the oral polio vaccine, taken by mouth, and still used, at present.
Jonas "Edward" Salk
Jonas Salk retired in 1985
No, Jonas Salk was not the only one that made a polio vaccine. Dr. Albert Sabin made one a few years after in 1963.
Jonas Salk had 3 boys. Peter, Darrell, and Jonathan
Jonas Salk is most known for Polio.