Contributed Peter Barkett News Today

Examining the history of vaccines at a historic moment Dr. Peter Barkett, Special to Kitsap Sun © Contributed Peter Barkett Scientists, public health experts and reporters gathered in a cavernous room eagerly awaiting an announcement – testing results for a desperately needed vaccine. It was April 12, 1955, 10 years to the day that President Franklin D Roosevelt died. His paralytic illness was believed to have been caused by polio, and in the years after his illness, the di...