By: Jennifer Segal
Today is Veteran’s Day! A day to honor U.S .veterans for their patriotism and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
Sabin Archive U Cincinnati
The Sabin Vaccine Institute was founded in honor of Dr. Albert Sabin, a renowned scientist and a great American veteran. Dr. Sabin was in the midst of his polio research in Ohio, when he joined the U.S. Army Epidemiological Board’s Virus Committee and accepted assignments all over the world at the start of World War II. During his time serving abroad, he developed vaccines for encephalitis (sleeping sickness), sand-fly fever, and dengue fever. Continue reading