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 Jonas Edward Salk: The Man Who Stopped Polio 

Birth : Jonas Salk was born in New York City on October 28, 1914. 

 Date of birth and death : Salk lived from 1914–1995.

 Occupation : Dr. S​alk was virologist, a scientist that deals with the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them. 

 What is Dr. Salk known for? Jonas Salk is know for creating a vaccine or cure for a deadly disease called Poliomyelitis, other wise known as polio. Polio attacked mostly young people causing them to become paralyzed. For 50 years, early 1900 until 1950, it was a dreaded disease. Dr. Salk learned that polio was caused by three viruses and in 1955 he developed a vaccine that eliminated the disease in the United States and other developed countries.

What Did He do in Laymen's Terms?  In 1955 Jonas Salk created a cure for a deadly disease called polio. Polio first made young children paralyzed then eventually killed them. For 50 years, or from the early 1900's to the 1950's this was a big problem for the United States. Polio was caused by three different viruses, so Dr. Salk had to make a vaccine that could stop all three. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.3261pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.52pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> Career: Where Did He Work? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Dr. Salk earned his doctorate in medicine from New York University's College of Medicine in 1939. In 1942 he joined a group at the University of Michigan working on a vaccine against influenza, or the flu. In 1947 Salk became associate professor of bacteriology and head of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. There he began working on the polio vaccine. In 1957, four years after he announced his breakthrough Salk was named professor of experimental medicine at Pittsburgh, and in 1963 he went to San Diego as head of the Institute (later named the Salk Institute) for Biological Studies. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 141%;">Timeline and Facts 1914 1916 1934 1939 1940 1942 1952 1953 1954 1963 1968 1970 1980s 1987 1995 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">European scientists determine that polio is a virus that is spread by contact Jonas Salk is born A major polio epidemic breaks out along the east coast. By Fall more than 30 thousand cases of polio are reported. Salk graduates from the City College of New York and enters medical school at NYU College of Medicine Salk graduates from medical school; one day later he marries Donna Lindsay Begins medical internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City Joins Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. at University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor Experimental polio vaccine is completed Salk announces vaccine to the American people in radio broadcast entitled "The Scientist Speaks for Himself." Nearly 2 million children are given the vaccine Salk Institute for Biological Studies opens in temporary quarters in La Jolla, California Gets divorced from Donna Salk, his wife for almost 30 years Meets and marries French artist Francoise Gilot Develops new polio vaccine to be blended with other children's vaccines; begins research in AIDS Forms new company, Immune Response Corporation, to work towards development of an AIDS vaccine. Salk dies at age eighty and is buried in La Jolla. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1890 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The first polio outbreak was in Vermont ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Early 1900s

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Parks, Peggy J. __//Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Pioneer//__. Farmington Hills: Blackbirch Press. 2004. Salk, Jonas. __Compton's by Britannica__. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 8 Sept. 2009 <[]