polio vaccine
Americannoun
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Asked by Edward R. Murrow in 1955 who owned the rights to the polio vaccine, he replied, “The people, I would say. ... There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
One of the greatest successes was the elimination of polio thanks to the polio vaccine.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025
Aaby and his colleagues have followed populations before and after the oral polio vaccine campaigns that began in 1995 and ended in roughly 2015 in various low-income countries such as Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Bangladesh and Uganda.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
That was the nationwide trial of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
“I didn’t know about that, but the other day President Clinton said the polio vaccine is one of the most important things that happened in the twentieth century, and her cells involved with that too.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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