On March 26, 1953, Jonas Salk announced he had successfully tested a new vaccine. Unfortunately, a defective batch was sent ...

Dr Jonas Salk announced that he had successfully developed a cure for polio. The year before, there were tens of thousands of ...

Nobody complains that we have more cancer medicines available today than in the 1980s. Why should we complain about having more vaccines available?” writes physician and former Vermont Gov. Howard ...

Columnist Tom Purcell shares the story of his aunt, Cecilia, who contracted polio at age 12 and volunteered for Dr. Jonas Salk's early vaccine trials to help advance his polio research. Seventy years ...

Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens documents your change from an old, self-centered miser to a person concerned with healing a crippled boy, “Tiny Tim” Cratchit. We thought those Christmas ghosts ...

Pull a dime from your pocket and you will see Pittsburgh written all over it. The inscription simply reads “Liberty” and “In ...

Long before the measles vaccine became the target of those who mistrust the science, a Boston researcher enthralled the world ...

Artscape CEO Marlene le Roux, a polio survivor denied access to vaccine as a child due to apartheid policies, is fighting for ...

American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine ...

Today post-polio sufferers worldwide recognise the ground-breaking research of American virologist Dr Jonas Salk (1914-1995) who announced his life changing vaccine against this deadly disease on ...

In 1938, medical researchers Jonas Salk and Thomas Francis Jr. used the new flu vaccine to protect American military troops. This success led Salk to go on to develop an effective polio vaccine in ...