Celebrating Forty Years of Triumph Over Polio From: University Currents Date: March 31, 2000 By: Victoria Hohnroth Archive: Campus News There was a time when children didn't swim in public pools or to go to summer camp, because of the fear that they would catch polio. Albert B. Sabin, MD, changed history when he developed the live oral polio vaccine while on the faculty of UC's College of Medicine and staff of Children's Hospital. The year 2000 marks the 40th anniversary of Sabin's vaccine discovery that virtually wiped out polio worldwide, saving millions of children from the crippling effects of polio. A scientific symposium will be held 7:30 a.m.-noon Friday, April 28, at the UC Medical Center in the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies Rieveschl Auditorium, featuring five medical scholars discussing infectious disease and the future, including the eradication of polio. A community symposium on infectious diseases will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the UC College of Medicine in Kresge Auditorium. A panel of experts from the UC College of Medicine and Children's Hospital will lead a discussion on the fields of AIDS, polio, rotavirus, cytomegalovirus, herpes, hepatitis and vaccines. The public is invited to attend and participate in this symposium, moderated by Jim Scott of 700 WLW. In addition, the public is invited to attend "Sabin Saturday" at the Cincinnati Museum Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29. This event will celebrate the work of Dr. Sabin and will remember the "Sabin Sundays," when the polio vaccines were distributed to children in Greater Cincinnati. For more information about the events, call (513) 558-3863.