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Jonas Salk Fast Facts
Birthday
***, 1914
Birthplace
New York City, New York
Death day
June 23, 1995 (80 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Celebrities born on October 28
Born in 1914
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Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk is an American viral and medical researcher who developed one of the first effective polio vaccines. He was born in New York and attended New York City College and New York University School of Medicine. In 1947, Salk took up a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. It was there that he began a project to quantify different polio viruses, beginning in 1948. Over the next seven years, Salk focused on developing a polio vaccine. Salk was immediately hailed as a "miracle worker" when the vaccine's success was first announced in April 1955, and decided not to patent the vaccine or seek payoff periods from it to maximize. worldwide distribution. An immediate craze for vaccination began in the United States and around the world.
Born Jonas Salk, October 28, 1914, New York City, U.S.
Died June 23, 1995, La Jolla, California, U.S.
Resting place El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California
Nationality American
Fields Medical research, virology, and epidemiology
Institutions University of Pittsburgh, Salk Institute, University of Michigan
Alma mater City College of New York, New York University
Known for First polio vaccine
Notable awards Albert Lasker Award (1956), Robert Koch Medal, Mellon Institute Award, United States Presidential Citation, Congressional Gold Medal

About Jonas Salk

In 1955, a Jewish medical researcher and virologist created a polio vaccine. He never tried to patent his vaccine, hence he never profited from it. In 1960 he founded he Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California and he spent his last years attempting to find a cure to HIV.

Jonas Salk before fame

He attended Townsend Harris High School for intellectually gifted students, which aimed to graduate students in three years rather than four. He went to CCNY after graduation.

Achievement of Jonas Salk

Polio was considered the most scary public health threat in the United States before he discovered the vaccine. In 1952, 21,269 people were left with paralysis ranging from mild to severe.

Jonas Salk family life

From 1970 until his death in 1995, he was married to Françoise Gilot, his second wife. He was the father of five sons and one girl.

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He created the first effective polio vaccine, which was a condition that afflicted President US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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