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    Jonas Edward Salk ( / sɔːlk /; born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.

  2. May 20, 2021 · Jonas Salk was an American physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio.

  3. Jonas Salk. Jonas Edward Salk was born October 28, 1914 in New York City, the eldest of three sons to Russian-Jewish immigrants Daniel and Dora Salk. The first member of his family to attend college, he earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 1939 and became a scientist physician at Mount Sinai Hospital.

  4. Feb 9, 2010 · On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the...

  5. Nov 10, 2018 · Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 – October 28, 1995) was an American medical researcher and physician. While serving as the head of the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, Salk discovered and perfected the first vaccine found to be safe and effective in preventing polio or infantile paralysis, one of the most-feared and crippling ...

  6. Jonas Salk played a pivotal role in achieving this success by being the first to devise and implement a safe and effective vaccine against polio. Jonas Salk was born in New York City, New York, United States (US), to an Orthodox Polish-Jewish immigrant family on 28 October 1914.

  7. Jun 23, 2016 · Dr. Jonas Salk created the first successful vaccine against poliomyelitis, a debilitating illness that has proved difficu...

  8. Founded by Jonas Salk, polio vaccine developer, the Salk Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization that consistently ranks as a top 5 elite research institute and is home to some of the most highly cited scientists in the world.

  9. Jonas Salk, MD | History of Vaccines. The New Yorker Who Tamed Polio. Overview. Timeline. There were doubts that a killed virus vaccine could protect people. Jonas Salk and his team proved it could. Polio threatened children every summer in the first half of the twentieth century.

  10. Oct 28, 2020 · On October 28, the Salk Institute honors the accomplishments of our founder, Jonas Salk, on his 106th birthday. In 1955, Salk’s polio vaccine brought worldwide relief when it was declared a success and helped end the annual scourge of polio pandemics.

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