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Albert Sabin: The Life of a Polio Vaccine Pioneer

By Karen Torghele
Narrated by: Kim Niemi
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The untold story of Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine and became a controversial public health advocate for children worldwide

Jonas Salk may be the name most associated with the polio vaccine, but it was Albert Sabin's oral vaccine that made the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis a possibility. Epidemiologist Karen Torghele draws on exclusive interviews, archival research, and the scientist's own lab notebooks to deliver the first definitive biography of Sabin (190...