Primary Source Spotlight: Polio
Historical newspaper coverage of polio
A Special Report on Polio 1955 film
U.S. legislation related to polio from 1985
Picture Books and Primary Sources: The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
Primary source set to accompany the picture book, The Polio Pioneer
Polio and Parallels to the Covid-19 Pandemic Emerging America
What is Polio? CDC
When Polio Was Defeated by a Vaccine…and a Seven-Year-Old Girl Now See Hear! blog post October 28, 2014
Whatever happened to polio? Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Polio timeline History of Vaccines, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Jonas Salk historical newspaper coverage
Jonas Salk speech at the National Press Club April 12, 1965 (PDF)
S.Res.101, 109th Congress – A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the development of the Salk polio vaccine and its importance in eradicating the incidence of polio
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