U.S. Public Health Service Salk polio vaccine collection, 1951-1962.

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U.S. Public Health Service Salk polio vaccine collection, 1951-1962.

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Reports, memoranda, correspondence, and printed matter relating to the production and distribution of the Salk polio vaccine. Includes surveillance reports, state vaccination activities, and correspondence with the National Foundation.

1.9 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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United States. Public Health Service

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In April 1955 the Department of HEW licensed 6 companies to distribute a newly-developed polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The vaccine's effectiveness had been endorsed by NIH and the Surgeon General. Shortly after the vaccine was distributed, however, Cutter laboratory's allotment was found to be tainted and a cause of 72 new cases of polio. Responding to the crisis, the U.S. Public Health Service directed CDC epidemiologist Alexander Lang...

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