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Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk's birth name is Jonas Edward Salk.
he went to Townsend high school and new york university of collage
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 Salk retired in 1985
Jonas "Edward" Salk
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.
He was a medical researcher and viriologist. He invented the polio vaccine.
Jonas Salk had 3 boys. Peter, Darrell, and Jonathan