CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings April 15, 2015
The field of vaccine research, was recruited in 1947 by the university of pittsburgh to be the director of Virus Research and to work on finding a polio vaccine. His work caught the attention of basil oconnor, the president of the National Foundation for infantile paralysis now known as the march of Dimes Foundation. The organization decided to fund dr. Jonas salks work to fund a vaccine against polio. For five years dr. Salk worked tirelessly on this effort while the country donated their dimes to the foundation to support his work. And then on april 12, 195 dr. Thomas frances jr. An epidemio...
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