On April 12, 1955, it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was safe, effective, and potent. Following the 1954 trials involving millions of children, this announcement prompted national celebration and led to a rapid decline in polio cases, which plummeted from over 58,000 in 1955 to 5,600 by 1957
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