Polio Timeline

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1958

NIH developed a special committee to assess Sabin’s vaccine.


In 1958, the NIH developed a special committee in the Division of Biologics Controls to assess Sabin’s live oral polio vaccine (OPV). Drs. KirschsteinMurray, Van Hoosier, and Baron involved; Lab Technician George Rusten was as well.