But Jonas Salk, a medical researcher and budding virologist, was keen on the idea of safer, killed-virus vaccines. He believed the same principle would work for polio, and he was right.

Immigrant Albert Sabin and the son of an immigrant, Jonas Salk, developed the vaccines that ended polio as a threat to Americans. Neither Salk or Sabin – or their life-saving Polio vaccines ...

Jonas Salk is among the most venerated medical scientists of the century. Though his first words were reported to be "dirt, dirt," his early thoughts were not on studying germs but on going into law.

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Here’s a great one. One hundred ten years ago today – October 28, 1914 – Dr. Jonas Salk was born in New York City, where his parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His parents lacked a ...

This was the reality for families before 1955, when Jonas Salk's polio vaccine offered a shield against this devastating ...

There is still no cure for the disease. But at the peak of its devastation in the United States, Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it. This infectious viral disease attacks the nerve cells ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for health secretary opposes fluoride in water, promotes unproven Covid therapies and ...

Jonas Salk Middle School is a public school located in Old Bridge, NJ, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Jonas Salk Middle School is 903 and the school serves 6-8.

Jonas Salk Elementary is a public school located in San Diego, CA, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Jonas Salk Elementary is 632 and the school serves K-5. At Jonas Salk ...