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Language: eng
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Published: 2018-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

Dr. Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk was born on October 28th, 1914, in New York City. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants who fled their home country for a new life in the United States. After graduating high school at the age of 15, Salk went to college to pursue a law degree. Somewhere along the way , he changed his mind and decided to pursue a degree in medicine. Luckily for the world, Jonas Salk chose medicine!

Salk enrolled in the medical school at New York University. He began research on the flu virus, gathering knowledge that would lead to his discovery of the polio vaccine. In 1947, Salk accepted an appointment to the Pittsburgh Medical School. He started working with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and saw the opportunity to develop a vaccine against polio. He devoted the next eight years to this work.

In 1955, Jonas Salk’s years of research finally paid off. The summertime was a time of fear and anxiety for many parents. Summer was the season when thousands of children became infected with the disease of polio. Parents’ worst fear was forever eliminated when it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the disease. Salk was hailed as a miracle worker and he became famous overnight. He refused to patent the vaccine, which made him even more loved by the people. He had no desire to profit personally from the discovery. His ultimate wish was to see the vaccine distributed as widely as possible, to as many people as possible. In countries where Salk’s vaccine has remained in use, the disease has nearly been eliminated.

In 1963, Salk founded the Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a center for medical and scientific research. He died on June 23, 1995. His legacy lives on forever and his contributions to the world of science and health are still utilized today.

parents: padres

fled/to flee: escaparon/escapar

home country: país natal

new life: nueva vida

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to pursue: para seguir (una carrera)

law degree: título o diploma en leyes

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still: todavía

utilized/to utilize: utilizadas/utilizar

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