On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 12, 1955, the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was declared safe and effective following nearly a year ...

There was also a dispatch from the Associated Press in the middle of the page that carried the headline “Discovery Points to End of Polio.” The story, written by Howard W. Blakeslee, the agency’s ...

Lee Sherry worked as a post-doc on a WHO-funded research grant for the production of poliovirus virus-like particles Nicola Stonehouse is a member of the WHO VLP vaccine Consortium and receives ...

Pakistan is one of only two countries where polio is still endemic. 2024 saw a spike of 74 cases of the disease. Orlando Pirates news: Mokwena, Mosimane, Mofokeng, R75.5 million Tesla's Cybertruck ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund has lamented the continuous presence of the polio virus in Katsina State, emphasising that it would work closely with the state government to prioritise its ...

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - A five-day polio eradication campaign will begin in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) from April 21, with the drive aimed at vaccinating over 6 million children in the region. Polio is a ...

“Despite these challenges, the 304-bed hospital’s physical structure has now been completed. “It is equipped with 14 specialist departments and modern equipment,” he told StarMetr ...

The WVSSAC Board of Control approved a proposal for high schools to be classified based on the total enrollment figures of grades 9-12, from the West Virginia Department of Education. This measure ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has asserted that Nigeria’s biggest challenge in its federal system lies not in its structure, but in a pervasive deficit of fiscal responsibility across all tiers ...

What about my equally ancient (circa 1962) polio vaccine? — C.C. Dear C.C.: At the time of this writing, the 2024-2025 measles outbreak is the largest in a few years and the first to include ...