04/12/2026
On 12 April 1955, the polio vaccineđź’‰ developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and his colleagues was officially declared "safe, effective, and potent."
This marked a critical turning point in the fight against this incurable disease. Now children could be protected from poliovirus, and within a few decades, Rotary would propose the seemingly impossible: eradicating polio for good.
Learn more about Dr. Salk and this historic achievement: https://endpol.io/4cCaReU