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Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk was the first person to create the first safe and effective Polio Vaccine.
Dr. Jonas Salk, discoverer of the Salk polio vaccine, was born in 1914 and died in 1995.
Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine in 1952.
Dr. Jonas Salk in 1952 in La Jolla, California.
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The polio vaccination was discovered by Jonas Salk.
Dr. Jonas Salk invented the first poliomyelitis vaccine containing inactive viruses.
Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in 1952. It was a intradermal injection vaccine.
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.
Dr. Jonas Salk died of heart failure in La Jolla, California. He died at the age of 80 on June 23, 1995.
Dr. Jonas Salk