On April 12, 1955, Thomas Francis stood on a podium at the University of Michigan and announced that Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was safe and effective. At last, Americans would
Saving Vaccines: A Look at How Current Liability Laws Are Keeping Much-Needed Vaccines Off the Market
On April 12, 1955, Thomas Francis stood on a podium at the University of Michigan and announced that Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was safe and effective. At last, Americans would be freed from the bonds of polio, a disease that routinely crippled as many as 50,000 children every year. However, triumph quickly turned to tragedy.
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