The World Health Organisation has declared this week (24-30 April) World Immunisation Week. Development of vaccines has been one of the most signifiant medical advances in history and has led to the virtual eradication of many of the world’s most deadly and contagious diseases. Smallpox is now gone from the world and polio that usedContinue reading “World Immunisation Week”
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Birth of the Salk Vaccine
The 12th April, 2015 is the 60th anniversary of one of the pivotal points in medical history, when results of the clinical trial of Salk’s polio vaccine showed it was safe and effective in 80-90% of children. Today we have witnessed a 99% worldwide reduction in polio and organisations such as the Gates Foundation areContinue reading “Birth of the Salk Vaccine”
Graham Lappin 