Salk vaccine
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The Salk vaccine required three injections, plus a booster, which meant multiple trips to the doctor.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
Finally, in the spring of 1955, on the tenth anniversary of Roosevelt's death, the March of Dimes announced the exciting results of the trial, which showed that the Salk vaccine worked.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2021
Six years following the introduction of the Salk vaccine, polio was almost eradicated as a major public health problem in the United States.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
But in the United States, with the Salk vaccine already in use, the authorities were reluctant to take the perceived risk of conducting live-virus trials.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
Polio, which had kept my parents quarantined indoors during the summers of their childhood, had been conquered by the Salk vaccine.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
