EATONTON — Polio was as dreaded as the atomic bomb in America in the 1940s and ’50s. Many who survived the disease faced lifelong crippling consequences.
The best scientific minds in the world were engaged in the race to find a vaccine. We all know Dr. Jonas Salk. But his pioneering work would have never happened without the brilliance and tenacity of the woman with the cure.
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