Former State Health Officer Dr. Ira Myers Dies Jul 25, 2008
During his era in public health, countless advances were made in the treatment of disease and he initiated the mass Salk polio vaccine program as a part of his early work. He was instrumental in the initiation of a narcotics enforcement program, newborn screening, computerization, and support of a laboratory system. (WSJA.com, AL)
New Strategies Work To Put Cancer On The Firing Line Jan 5, 2008
For example, the Salk Polio vaccine, first used in the1950s, was made from dead virus, and the Sabin Polio vaccines were from the attenuated virus, in which the infectious part of the virus was inactivated. Scientists next took advantage of the B cell s ability to produce antibodies by identifying the most prominent antigen expressed, cloning it and giving it to patients to impart immunity from future infections. (Science Daily)
Wednesday Back In Time 04-25-2007 Apr 26, 2007
April 25, 1957: A program aimed at providing the first two of the three-shot Salk polio vaccine to Plainview school students will get under way Saturday at the Lamar School cafeteria. The mass vaccine program will be repeated May 25. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Battling an epidemic POLIO NURSE SHARES MEMORIES Jan 7, 2007
Mimi Meade, age 7 in April 1954, winces as Dr. Richard Mulvaney inoculates her with the then-experimental Salk polio vaccine. Mrs. John Lucas, a registered nurse, holds Mimi's arm steady at a medical office in Northern Virginia. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Richard Mulvaney, first doctor to give polio vaccine in US Nov 4, 2006
physician who was the first doctor in the nation to give children the Salk polio vaccine, which virtually ended the crippling disease in the United States -- died Oct. 26 of congestive heart failure at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He was 88. (Boston Globe)
A new image for Pittsburgh Sep 9, 2006
The new branding campaign, which has been in the works since the beginning of the year, will promote the region's heritage of innovation -- from the Salk polio vaccine to the invention of the Ferris wheel. It also will highlight the city's current strengths, from its leadership roll in robotics and organ transplants, to the cultural amenities, professional sports teams and biking and jogging trails. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Leaders & Success Jul 14, 2006
During his reign, the company played a pivotal role in bringing to market insulin, liver extract (for pernicious anemia), penicillin, antibiotics and the Salk polio vaccine. According to the company, Lilly more than any other executive transformed the once-quaint apothecary into a global giant. (Investors Business Daily)
