A new study from the C.D.C. provides more details about a polio case detected in New York last month, and suggests the virus has been spreading elsewhere for a year.
Tag: Rockland County (NY)
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Health Chief Warns Polio Case Could Be ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
With increased urgency, state officials called for residents to get vaccinated against the disease after it was found in a second county’s wastewater.
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Rare Case of Polio Prompts Alarm and an Urgent Investigation in New York
Health officials in Rockland County offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether the disease had spread to others.
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First Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Is Detected in New York State
An adult who lives in Rockland County was infected by someone who received the oral polio vaccine, which is no longer used in the United States, officials said.