- Salk, Jonas (1914-1995)@
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- Polio Vaccine: What You Need to Know
(PDF)
Brochure from the U.S. National Immunication Program that explains the value and risks of the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and why the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) is no longer recommended.
www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-IPV.pdf
- Polio Eradication
Information on the polio virus vaccination, including a history of vaccine research and development. Provided by Aventis Pasteur.
www.polio-vaccine.com
- Development of Polio Vaccines
Describes early research efforts, the work of Jonas Salk and Albert Bruce Sabin, and the advantages and disadvantages of the vaccines they developed.
www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/polio.html
- Medinfo: Polio Vaccination
Explains what the vaccine is, when it is administered to children in the U.K., and reasons for not giving it.
www.medinfo.co.uk/immunisations/polio.html
- Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV/AIDS
FAQ discussing the safety of modern vaccines and the theory that HIV was introduced by an experimental oral polio vaccine in the 1950s.
www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/aids/poliovac-hiv-aids-qa.htm
- On the Edge: Paralyzing Polio
Clark Klint talks to Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin about their polio vaccines in this comic book story from the PBS program A Science Odyssey.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ontheedge/polio
- familydoctor.org: Polio Vaccine
Explains what the vaccine is, when children should receive it, and what to do if a child has a reaction to it.
familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/vaccines/333.html
- Sabin, Albert (1906-1993)
1993 New York Times obituary for polio researcher Albert Sabin, best known for his work in developing an anti-polio vaccine.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0826.html
- When Polio is Gone, Should We Still Vaccinate?
Contrasts the problems of ending vaccination with maintaining vaccine stocks.
cumicro2.cpmc.columbia.edu/pico/chapters/news897.html
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