Jonas Salk – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation

Elementary students initially received polio vaccines at school. PhotoQuest/Archive Photos via Getty Images

January 14, 2021

The great polio vaccine mess and the lessons it holds about federal coordination for today’s COVID-19 vaccination effort

Bert Spector, Northeastern University

Massive vaccine distribution efforts take a lot of coordination. The rollout of the Salk polio vaccine in the US in 1955 holds lessons for those delivering COVID-19 shots today.

Polio patient in an iron lung to help them breathe. Everett Collection/Shutterstock

September 23, 2020

Coronavirus: the road to vaccine roll-out is always bumpy, as 20th-century pandemics show

Samantha Vanderslott, University of Oxford

Public trust is key to a successful immunisation programme.

An emergency polio ward in Boston in 1955 equipped with iron lungs. These pressurized respirators acted as breathing muscles for polio victims, often children, who were paralyzed. www.apimages.com

March 25, 2020

The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus

Carl Kurlander, University of Pittsburgh

Polio was nearly eradicated with the Salk vaccine in 1955. At the time, little was known about this mysterious disease that paralyzed and sometimes killed young children.

UCSF neuroscience grad student Sama Ahmed, whose three-minute talk on ‘how to know your species’ won first place at the campuswide contest, will compete for the Grad Slam championship in Oakland May 4. Susan Merrell/UCSF

October 13, 2015

Why more scientists are needed in the public square

Janet Napolitano, University of California, Office of the President

The president of one of the country’s leading research university systems argues that the academic community has to make sure researchers and scientists engage with the general public.

Articles on Jonas Salk

Displaying all articles