polio vaccine
Americannoun
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Asked by Edward R. Murrow in 1955 who owned the rights to the polio vaccine, he replied, “The people, I would say. ... There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Aaby and his colleagues have followed populations before and after the oral polio vaccine campaigns that began in 1995 and ended in roughly 2015 in various low-income countries such as Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Bangladesh and Uganda.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
That was the nationwide trial of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1955 to international acclaim, announcing he would also make it free.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024
Instead he told her about Henrietta’s cells being used for the polio vaccine and genetic research; he said they’d gone up in early space missions and been used in atomic bomb testing.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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