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The polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk in 1955. A breakthrough that saved millions—and charged no patent.

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Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine was introduced in 1955, dramatically reducing polio cases where widely administered. Large immunization campaigns in the following decades prevented millions of paralytic cases worldwide.

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