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Many people once lined up joyously to receive vaccines. What changed?

The creation of the polio vaccine is a uniquely Pittsburgh story.

Students at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health can now sit and work at the original desk of Dr. Jonas Salk, the pioneering virologist who led the team that developed the world’s first polio vaccine.

The polio vaccine was created by Dr. Jonas Salk at a University of Pittsburgh laboratory about 70 years ago, and Pitt is honoring that legacy by opening a public exhibit of Salk’s personal equipment to remind visitors and students of the importance of vaccines to public health. The exhibit spans

A free public exhibit features historic items gifted by Salk’s sons, 70 years after he developed the polio vaccine in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Jonas Salk and his team developed the first vaccine against polio in Pittsburgh.

Pitt has opened a display with some of the things Jonas Salk used to pull off one of the greatest accomplishments.

By 1931, penicillin was commercially viable globally. Life on this planet had changed thanks to the intuition of one man: Alexander Fleming.

Officials said the patient, a young adult who did not recently travel outside the country, had presented with paralysis.

The public is being urged to ensure polio vaccines are up to date, especially parents of young children who missed immunization.