The Wikipedia article on the polio vaccine, cited for the exact February 1954 start date of the Pittsburgh schoolchildren field test of the Salk inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
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Wikipedia: Polio vaccine
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Beginning 23 February 1954, the vaccine was tested at Arsenal Elementary School and the Watson Home for Children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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