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Handout
PBS

People and Discoveries: Salk Produces Polio Vaccine 1952

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site read about Jonas Salk's efforts to prevent the polio virus, which resulted in the creation of the first polio vaccine and in Albert Sabin's research into making a more effective means of preventing the disease.
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Handout
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Development of Polio Vaccines

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Access Excellence. Beginning with a good description of the symptoms and spreading of polio, as well as information on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle with polio, this article addresses the development of...