Kenneth Z. Baum papers, 1946-1977 (inclusive).

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Kenneth Z. Baum papers, 1946-1977 (inclusive).

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Reports, minutes of meetings, speeches and congressional publications relating to the development of three programs during Baum's service in the United States Public Health Service.

.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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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...

Baum, Kenneth Z., 1931-

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