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"Jonas Salk: A Life" (Encore)

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published April 21, 2020 at 2:10 PM CDT
Aired on Thursday, April 16th.

Today, in labs and clinics all over the globe, the search for a COVID-19 vaccine is moving incredibly fast. On this edition of ST, we offer an interesting and optimistic account from the vaccine-related annals of American history as we revisit a 2015 interview from our archives. At that time, we spoke with Dr. Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs about her biography, "Jonas Salk: A Life." The book also offers a fascinating cultural hitory of polio in the US.
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StudioTulsa American HistoryAmerican CultureScienceBiographyBaby BoomersChemistryDiseaseMedical ResearchScientific ResearchGerms and VirusesCOVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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