Polio vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent poliomyelitis. Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection and a weakened poliovirus given by mouth. The World Health Organization recom
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This 1963 poster featured the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.
Doses of oral polio vaccine are added to sugar cubes for use in a 1967 vaccination campaign in Bonn, West Germany
Sabin immunization certificate
Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–1972, he served as
Polio vaccine
…of an inactivated (killed) polio vaccine, developed by Jonas Salk, was announced in 1955. Another attenuated live oral polio vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, came into commercial use in 1961. The polio vaccine is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines…
Sabin (right) with Robert C. Gallo, M.D., circa 1985
Leaders in the effort against polio were honored at the opening of the Polio Hall of Fame on January 2, 1958. From left: Thomas M. Rivers, Charles Armstrong, John R. Paul, Thomas Francis Jr., Albert Sabin, Joseph L. Melnick, Isabel Morgan, Howard A. Howe, David Bodian, Jonas Salk, Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor.
The CARE/Crawley Building houses the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.