Polio was as dreaded as the atomic bomb in America of the 1940s and early-‘50s, with many who managed to survive the disease continuing to face lifelong crippling consequences. The best scientific minds in the world were engaged in the race to find a vaccine.We all know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but his pioneering work would not have happened without the brilliance and tenacity of “the woma...
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