Jason YipDec 19
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as #polio nears global eradication − 70 years after #JonasSalk developed the #vaccine in a #Pittsburgh lab https://theconversation.com/the-world-risks-forgetting-one-of-humanitys-greatest-triumphs-as-polio-nears-global-eradication-70-years-after-jonas-salk-developed-the-vaccine-in-a-pittsburgh-lab-270042
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab

Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?

The Conversation
PoetryGirlzSep 20, 2025

This our #ScienceSaturday and #AmericanVoices series intersect with “The Quiet Cure,” a poem about Jonas Salk, an American virologist who developed a polio vaccine and decided not to patent it to give access to the vaccine to the entire world.

#jonassalk #poliovaccine

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CheshireJul 8, 2025

Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good
https://theconversation.com/scientific-norms-shape-the-behavior-of-researchers-working-for-the-greater-good-255159
#Ethics
#Science
#NoPatents
#JonasSalk

See also Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Feed2MastodonJun 23, 2025

📚 Jonas Salk, Entwickler des Polio-Impfstoffs.

• ✨ Rettete Millionen Leben durch Impfstoff gegen Kinderlähmung.
• 💉 Nutzte abgetötete Viren für die Impfstoffentwicklung.
• 🔬 Schluckimpfung eines Rivalen führte zur endgültigen Bekämpfung.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/23-06-1995-jonas-salk-gestorben-arzt-und-entwickler-einer-polio-impfung-100.html

#JonasSalk #Polio #Impfung #Kinderlähmung #Medizin #Gesundheit

Polio-Impfstoff - Jonas Salk und sein Patent für die Menschen

Der US-Mediziner Jonas Salk entwickelte einen Impfstoff gegen Polio und rettete damit Millionen Menschenleben. Der Sieg über Polio gelang jedoch seinem Rivalen.

Deutschlandfunk
DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦Apr 16, 2025

Thank you to #JonasSalk for his gift to #humanity of #PolioEradication.

#VaccinesWork #vaccinessavelives

Wisdom in SpaceApr 2, 2024

Who owns my polio vaccine? The people! Could you patent the sun?
-- Jonas Salk

⬆ #Quotes #JonasSalk #Health

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Sunset #NewMexico

JBRossMar 20, 2024
"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." — Jonas Salk — — — #JonasSalk #quote #quotes #intuition #thinking #actions #next #hunch #ideas
VeadaJan 15, 2024
#JonasSalk
J L KalmanOct 28, 2023
October 28 is the birthday of #JonasSalk who we #quote and back with a picture of another #Fallbrook #sunset. If this #quotograph speaks to you please repost it.
CT History NewsMay 23, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, May 23: A Vaccine Arrives for the Most Feared Disease of the 20th Century

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/23/may-23-a-vaccine-arrives-for-the-most-feared-disease-of-the-20th-century/

#20thcentury #connecticuthistory #healthandmedicine #historyofmedicine #jonassalk #may #polio #publichealth #science #stafford #staffordsprings #vaccinations #vaccines

May 23: A Vaccine Arrives for the Most Feared Disease of the 20th Century

  Today in 1955, hundreds of schoolchildren in the town of Stafford Springs lined up to be vaccinated against polio, as part of a massive statewide effort to protect young Connecticans from th…

Today in Connecticut History