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polio vaccine

noun

  1. a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.



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One of the greatest successes was the elimination of polio thanks to the polio vaccine.

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In 1961, California became one of the first states to permit residents to opt out of vaccines for a broad range of personal beliefs, as part of a law mandating the polio vaccine for school attendance.

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Oral polio vaccine prevents — surprise! — polio.

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I suspect that none of the parents who volunteered for Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine trial were hoping their children were in the placebo group.

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That was the nationwide trial of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine.

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