FIRST - Polio Vaccine in the World - Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 26.572 W 079° 57.736
17T E 588006 N 4477430
The work of Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is memorialized by this Pennsylvania Historic Marker.
Waymark Code: WMXHF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2006
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Marker Text:
Pioneering research here at the University of Pittsburgh's Virus Research Laboratory from 1948 to 1955 produced the world's first polio vaccine. Led by Dr. Jonas Salk, researchers' innovations resulted in a breakthrough that was announced on April 12, 1955. Subsequent inoculations of school children virtually eradicated polio in the United States by 1962.
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Date of FIRST: 04/12/1955
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