Polio, a paralytic disease caused by a virus, has been eliminated in the U.S. -- and nearly wiped out globally -- thanks to ...

Testing then started in several counties throughout New York State. On Nov. 30, the CDC announced it would start testing wastewater for polio in Michigan and parts of Pennsylvania, places with ...

Viruses are "shed" through people’s digestive tract – in other words, we poop them out. Wastewater tests can see if certain pathogens are present.

In New York, polio is back. A football player nearly died on national ... “We may not have a full picture yet,” Shah told me, ...

The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming polio stopped spreading when the pesticide ...

director of the CDC's immunization services division. Polio vaccine rates ranged from 97.6% in Louisiana and Nebraska to 77.1% in Alaska. Last summer, an unvaccinated 20-year-old New York man ...

Associated Press writer Melissa Goldin in New York contributed this report ... after President Biden announced that the U.S.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week, but The Associated Press has sorted out the facts behind these ...