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What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

No one studying polio knew more than Albert Sabin, the Polish-American scientist whose vaccine against the crippling disease has been used worldwide since 1959. Sabin’s oral vaccine provides lifelong immunity. It has one drawback, which Sabin, who died in 1993, fiercely disputed: In rare cases, the weakened live poliovirus in…

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How polio crept back into the U.S.

Health agencies generally don’t test wastewater for signs of polio, which may have given virus time to circulate

Salon

Therese Raphael: Why the WHO wants everyone to wake up about monkeypox

The World Health Organization had a hard time deciding whether to label monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) or not. That’s a rare designation, given to COVID-19 and a handful of other diseases such as swine flu in 2009, polio in 2014 and Ebola (twice). It carries…

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Peter Salk, the son of polio vaccine's developer, says the newest US polio case sounds a warning

PITTSBURGH — After a man in Rockland County, New York, became the first patient to contract polio in the United States in nearly a decade, experts such as Dr. Peter Salk — whose late father, Jonas, developed a vaccine for the disease — said the public shouldn't be alarmed but…

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Pakistan reports polio case to take year's count to 13

Pakistan's polio count for the year has risen to 13 with one case reported on Friday as the South Asian nation looks to contain a disease mostly eradicated elsewhere, officials said

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The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?

The CDC confirmed that a patient in New York has contracted polio, the first U.S. case since 2013. But most people shouldn't be concerned about contracting the virus because of high vaccination rates.

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Polio in New York – an infectious disease doctor explains this exceedingly rare occurrence

The first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013 was announced by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The U.S. resident had not been vaccinated.

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What are the symptoms of polio?

An American who contracted the virus has suffered paralysis as a result

The Independent UK

What to know about polio and the first US case in nearly 10 years

Authorities said in a statement that the case may have originated outside of the US and the patient is stable.

Al Jazeera

Unvaccinated young adult in New York becomes first US polio case in nearly a decade

An unvaccinated young adult from New York state — who has developed paralysis after contracting polio — marks the first recorded case of the disease in the US since 2013. Health officials are investigating how the person became infected.

ABC News

The first U.S. case of polio since 2013 has been detected in New York

The patient, who has developed paralysis but is no longer contagious according to the AP, may have contracted the virus overseas. The CDC says no cases of polio have originated in the U.S. since 1979.

WEKU

US reports first polio case in nearly a decade

Person who tested positive in New York state no longer contagious, but investigators are checking if others exposed.

Al Jazeera

Worldwide, children's vaccine rates fall

UNICEF's director called the worldwide trend "a red alert for child health."

Salon

New York records first US polio case in almost a decade

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York health officials confirmed Thursday that a case of polio was recently recorded in Rockland County, the first time the highly infectious virus has been reported in the U.S. since 2013.

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New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

New York health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade

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First U.S. case of polio in decades discovered in New York

No polio cases have originated in the U.S. since 1979.

The Independent UK

Polio case confirmed in New York marking first possible known infection in nearly a decade

The disease remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan but has largely been eradicated in the US

The Independent UK

Venezuela's alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world

Measles, rubella and polio shots are going in children’s arms in Venezuela these days as part of a countrywide vaccination campaign

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A devastating disease is showing up in London’s sewers — should you be worried?

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a devastating disease that historically has caused paralysis and death around the world.

The Conversation

Polio was recently detected in sewage in the UK – here's what else scientists look for in our wastewater

We recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis and death, mainly in children.

The Guardian - UK

The discovery of the polio virus in Britain proves we can never let our guard down

Evidence of the disease in a London sewer shows that without widespread vaccination, no country is immune from its horrors, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group

Liverpool Echo

Low vaccine take up puts Liverpool 'at risk' of polio outbreak

Cabinet member and public health director urge families to check vaccine status

Wales Online

After Covid, monkeypox and polio - watch out for 'Disease X'

With the UK at the start of what scientists are calling the 'pandemic era', there are warnings that the next viral threat could be much worse than anything we have experienced so far

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Edinburgh University's Devi Sridhar rules out Covid-style lockdowns to tackle polio in UK

The respected chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh says that people should not fear Covid style lockdowns to tackle monkeypox and polio cases.

The Independent UK

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, polio worker in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on policemen escorting a team of polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near Afghanistan, killing two policemen and a polio worker

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