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Before Dr. Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine could wipe out the crippling disease worldwide, he set out to give it one final test in Cincinnati in April, 1960.
Eventually, Sabin’s vaccine would be approved for use in the United States in 1961 and, in a victory for Sabin, replaced Salk’s vaccine in 1962. Sabin’s live attenuated virus vaccine had ...
Born in Bialystock in 1906, Albert Sabin moved with his family to the United States in 1921, fleeing the poverty and violent anti-Semitism of their native Poland.
When Dr. Albert Sabin died last week, some of you who regularly read this column could take comfort in knowing how good you once made him feel. God knows he deserved it. Actually, it is possible ...
Albert Sabin’s family immigrated from Poland just before the 1921 and 1924 “national origins” laws effectively blocked nearly all East Europeans from immigrating to America.
In this 1959 photo, Dr. Albert Sabin (right), whose live polio vaccine was then being tested extensively throughout the world, is shown at Cincinnati’s Children’s Convalescent Hospital with ...
In the end, both Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk could rightfully claim credit for one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments—the near-eradication of polio in the 20th century.
1956: Dr. Albert Sabin announces that his live-virus oral polio vaccine is ready for mass testing. It will soon supplant the Salk vaccine.
Albert Sabin (1906-1993) was a brilliant virologist and prolific researcher (he published over 350 scientific articles) best known for developing the live, orally-administered vaccine that has ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County had the best record in the United States when it came to vaccinating residents with the Sabin vaccine for polio. Over six Sundays from May through July 1962 ...
In this 1959 photo, Dr. Albert Sabin (right), whose live polio vaccine was then being tested extensively throughout the world, is shown at Cincinnati’s Children’s Convalescent Hospital with ...
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