Dr. Albert Sabin: A Closer Look
By Laura McNulty and Ginny A. Roth Portrait of Dr. Albert Sabin, 1953National Library of Medicine #B022500 Dr. Albert Sabin was born today, August 26 in 1906 in Poland and is best known for developing...
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By Ginny A. Roth Jonas Salk Inoculating a Child with the Polio Vaccine, ca. 1954National Library of Medicine #B022434 In this black and white photograph from the 1950s, a nurse stands by while Jonas...
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By Erika Mills National Immunisation Days, 1998 National Library of Medicine #C02315 During the World Cup, the globe is consumed by The Beautiful Game. Soccer is everywhere—even in public health...
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By Sarah Eilers It’s August. Students are facing summer’s end and the start of another school year. Parents are scrambling to arrange physical and dental checkups, and pediatricians’ offices are...
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