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First Shipments of Salk Vaccine Distributed
1media/First_Shipment_of_Polio_Vaccine_1955 (1).jpg2020-10-27T11:48:11-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84378895plain2020-10-27T11:50:54-07:001955Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84Jonas Salk produced the first inactivated polio vaccine in 1953 that underwent rigorous placebo-controlled trials in 1954 in the United States, Canada, and Finland with great success.
In 1955 Salk’s vaccine was adopted throughout the United States.