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Polio, which struck children disproportionately, could attack the central nervous system and cause muscle deterioration, paralysis and even death. American virologist Jonas Salk, who was born 100 years today on October 28, 1914, developed the worldâs first safe and effective polio vaccine.
1894, first outbreak of polio in epidemic form in the U.S. occurs in Vermont, with 132 cases. 1908, Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper identify a virus as the cause of polio by transmitting the disease to a monkey. 1916, large epidemic of polio within the United States. 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) contracts polio at age 39. His example has a major impact on public perceptions of individuals with disabilities.