CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak

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 metropolitan area t...

Gates Foundation Pledges $1.2 Billion To Polio Eradication

Topline The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Sunday it will donate $1.2 billion to help eradicate wild polio in the two remaining countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan—where the virus is endem...

Polio Outbreak In New York Puts U.S. On List Of Countries Where Virus Circulates, CDC Says

Topline The United States has joined the World Health Organization’s list of countries where polio is circulating owing to the spread of vaccine-derived virus in New York, the Centers for Disease Cont...

New York declares state of emergency over polio to boost low vaccination rates

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a state of emergency over polio to boost vaccination rates in the state amid further evidence that the virus is spreading in communities. Poliovirus has n...

Child polio vaccination rate low in some New York areas, increasing outbreak risk

Nurse Lydia Fulton prepares to administer the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as well as a vaccine used to help prevent the diseases of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio at Children&...

What You Need To Know After Old Threat Was Discovered Spreading In New York, London

Topline Health officials in the U.K. and U.S. are scrambling to forestall the return of polio after the virus that causes it was discovered spreading in New York and London, urging parents to ensure k...

Polio detected in New York City sewage suggesting local circulation of virus

NYC commissioner for health Dr Mary T. Bassett Andy Katz | Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images Polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, suggesting local circulation of the virus, he...

London Officials Launch Polio Booster Campaign For Children After Virus Detected In Sewage

Topline Health officials in London said Wednesday the city will offer polio vaccine booster shots to children under 10, hoping to guard against a disease that can cause paralysis, two months after the...

New York polio case is ‘tip of iceberg,’ hundreds could be infected

Digitally generated image of 3D molecular model of polio virus Calysta Images | Tetra Images | Getty Images Hundreds could have polio after an adult in the New York City metro area caught the virus an...

First U.S. Polio Case In Nearly A Decade Reported In New York

Topline A case of polio has been diagnosed in New York State, health authorities announced Thursday, marking the first time the infectious disease has been detected in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Key...

Polio case confirmed in New York state, health-care providers told to look for more

Polio virus, illustration. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or infantil...

UKHSA detects polio virus in London sewage, declares national incident

U.K. health authorities have said they are “urgently” investigating a rare poliovirus discovery in sewage samples in London. Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.K. health authorities have sa...

Polio Spread Detected In London Sewage For First Time In Decades

Topline Several related samples of the virus that causes polio have been detected in the U.K. for the first time in decades, the U.K.’s Health Security Agency said Wednesday, leading British health of...