“Polio still exists, but it has been really tamped down,” said Gerald Joyce, president of the La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which Salk founded in 1960. “It’s a ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute think they’ve found a way to reduce the need for fertilizer in our farm fields. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge has more on what a fungus does for plant ...

A partnership has blossomed between the San Diego Botanic Garden and the Salk Institute by using the power of plants to make advancements toward plant-based drug discoveries, including ones native ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute are working to develop crops that will pull more carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the soil. NBC News' Chase Cain reports on what that means for climate ...

He is David Salk. Alive and well and living in Idyllwild, Dave is a fascinating guy. His family includes some world-class achievers, including his uncle, the polio vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk.

Nearly all of the institute’s U.S.-based staff members were fired and asked to sign a separation agreement, according to notices reviewed by The Times. By Aishvarya Kavi Reporting from ...

This sentiment applies to an untold number of Americans but also to Dr. Jonas Salk, the virologist whose injectable polio vaccine Mr. Greene also mentions. I contracted polio in August 1955 after ...

Staff members at the U.S. Institute of Peace were informed they were terminated effective immediately on Friday, five sources familiar with the situation told CBS News. It was not immediately ...

Re “70 years ago, the polio vaccine changed the world” (April 16): I loved the piece in Wednesday’s Union-Tribune about the polio vaccine, and about Jonas Salk’s selflessness. Both my ...

Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute gave notice Thursday that it will lay off over 150 employees across 11 campuses by July 14. Layoffs will affect numerous positions, from physicians to ...