Jonas Salk and the Invention of the Polio VaccineMain MenuJonas Salk and the Invention of the Polio VaccineA Brief History of VariolationA Brief History of VaccinationPolio TimelineAlvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52c
1media/First_Shipment_of_Polio_Vaccine_1955 (1).jpg2020-10-27T11:48:11-07:00First Shipments of Salk Vaccine Distributed5plain2020-10-27T11:50:54-07:001955Jonas 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.