📍Tuskegee University | Tuskegee, Alabama, USA From 1940-1958, The Infantile Paralysis Center was housed on the campus of the Tuskegee Institute, known today as Tuskegee University. This red brick building in the South became the only place in the United States built specifically to treat Black children with polio. But the story doesn't end there. At Tuskegee, Black scientists conducted research that was vital in the creation of the first polio vaccine. Thanks to their work and the subsequent ef

Humans have successfully developed vaccines for a number of life-threatening diseases, including polio. Take a look at how vaccines work to end polio ⬇️ | World Health Organization (WHO)