The launch of March marks a full year free of polio in downstate New York's wastewater. The last test that showed positive for the polio virus was taken in February 2023 in Rockland County.
According to the CDC, the polio virus can spread through ... and infects the throat and intestines. The current polio situation in New York state is being monitored closely.
Some of New York City's area have less than 60% ... Less than 1% of polio cases are paralytic, according to the CDC. Because of the rarity of the Rockland County case, experts believe many ...
Positive samples of concern were found in Sullivan, Rockland, Orange, Nassau, and New York City. Sequencing analysis from the CDC showed most were genetically connected to the paralyzed polio victim.
Today, polio is considered eliminated in the United States thanks to vaccines that were developed in the late 1950s, ...
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Polio used to be one of the most feared diseases in the United States, especially during the height of the epidemic in the ...
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Wastewater testing showed that the polio virus had been present in Rockland, Orange and Nassau counties as well as NYC back ...
Today, polio is considered eliminated in the United States thanks to vaccines that were developed in the late 1950s, according to the CDC. The disease left Paul paralyzed from the neck down and ...