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Sean Stipp | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The University of Pittsburgh is celebrating the 66th anniversary of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine being declared “safe and effective” with a new documentary about the covid-19 pandemic. It was April 12, 1955, that Salk’s breakthrough was confirmed. To mark the date on Monday, Pitt is holding the world premiere screening of the film “Chasing Covid” at 7 p.m. The half-hour movie takes viewers inside the lab of Paul Duprex, director of P...

1955: Parents feel relief and hope after Salk Polio vaccine found to be ‘safe and effective’ Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 The first doses of the Salk vaccine arrive Syracuse. The first shipment was received at noon on April 15, 1955 by Harold Halpern, right, local general manager for Daw Drug Co., Incorporated, from A.J. Lebow, representative of the Parke Davis Co., Detroit. Facebook Share News of the approval and effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines stirred feelings of optimism in Americans, fueling hopes of a return to normal life. The emotions were similar to those fel...

As security is ramped up in Washington, D.C., and state capitols across the U.S., the FBI is warning of more potential violence in the lead-up to Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. Federal authorities have arrested over 100 people who took part in last week's deadly insurrection at the Capitol, and The Washington Post reports that dozens of people on a terrorist watch list — including many white supremacists — were in Washington on the day of the insurrection. "This was something that had been coming for a long time," ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson, who covers right-wing extremism...

Polio Vaccines Polio can be prevented with a vaccine. Since 2000, the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is most often given in the USA. It is administered by a shot in the arm or leg, depending on the person’s age, says the U.S. CDC. The CDC recommends that children get polio vaccinated to protect against poliomyelitis.

Son of Dr. Jonas Salk speaks about the COVID-19 vaccine His father's polio vaccine was deemed safe after the largest trial in the nation but it still took the u.s twenty years to eradicate polio. Posted at 8:15 AM, Jan 03, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-03 11:15:00-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- ABC 10News spoke with San Diego's Dr. Peter Salk. His father, Jonas Salk made history when he developed the polio vaccine in the 1950s. Salk is a doctor and professor of infectious disease at the University of Pittsburgh. He says it will be a long road in getting enough vaccines out to people around the worl...