On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.

Typically, the vaccinations were spaced a month apart. In 1960, Salk established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, a San Diego suburb. The institute became a leading biomedical ...

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 ...

Salk Institute, City of San Diego, San Diego Regional EDC, City of Pasadena, California Life Sciences, BioLabs, and many more! How You'll Do More Business From Attending This CRE Event ...

The Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI), founded at the nonprofit University of San Diego School of Law in 1989, is one of the nation's premiere academic, research, and advocacy organizations working ...

Crews have begun demolishing the former Institute of Texan Cultures building, despite a lawsuit by a preservation group seeking to save it. The Conservation Society of San Antonio sought a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A man pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of a staff member at a Cascadia Health residential facility in Gresham but said he was not responsible due to his mental health ...

Travertine Nature Center at Chickasaw National Recreation Area will be closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning Tuesday, April 22. Previously, the Travertine Nature Center was open 7 days a week.

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 ...

Gerald Joyce, Salk President, joined Fox 5 to talk about how the polio vaccine helped decrease polio cases by 99% since its introduction and how it changed the course of public health. KSWB-TV San ...

In recent days, we have read numerous articles about a possible agreement between the US administration and its main trading partners to devalue the US dollar. It has been named “The Mar-A-Lago Accord ...

Headlines from the Deseret News, Vernal Express, Milford News, Price Sun-Advocate, Salt Lake Tribune, Ogden Standard-Examiner and Iron County Record, April 12-14, 1955.