polio

Why It Matters: Combining vaccines could offer longevity.Oral polio vaccines, administered in droplet form, have driven down polio cases by more than 99 percent in recent decades. But…

Despite some of the most successful international vaccination campaigns in history, the poliovirus continues to circulate around the world, posing a threat of neurological damage and even…

“Got Polio? Me neither. Thanks, Science.” Messages like this are used in memes, posters, T-shirts and even some billboards to promote routine vaccinations. As this catchy statement…

For the first time, cases of paralytic polio have been linked to the novel oral polio…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) In 1955, after a field trial involving…

In August, MedPage Today reported on the detection of poliovirus in New York City wastewater…

Physician’s Briefing Staff THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials will begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in select…

The U.S. will expand polio wastewater surveillance to communities with low vaccination rates outside the New York City metro area, after an outbreak over the summer left an unvaccinated…

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering using the oral polio vaccine for the first time in more than 20 years to stop an outbreak in the greater New York City…