Salk vaccine
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Acceptance of these vaccines even survived setbacks such as the “Cutter incident” in which a Berkeley manufacturer of the Salk vaccine issued contaminated lots that sickened 40,000 children.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
While there, he witnessed a polio outbreak in the summer of 1955, the year the Salk vaccine became available.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
The Salk vaccine required three injections, plus a booster, which meant multiple trips to the doctor.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022
He also accused the foundation, the funder and organizer of trials for the Salk vaccine, of having unspecified “cola interests.”
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2021
Polio, which had kept my parents quarantined indoors during the summers of their childhood, had been conquered by the Salk vaccine.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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