Polio Resurgence in New York State Prompts Rapid Public Health Response
The July 2022 announcement of a case of paralytic polio in a young adult in New York spurred a rapid public health response. Because only unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated persons are generally at risk of symptomatic polio, and because antiviral or other treatments for polio do not currently exist, vaccination is key to preventing further disease spread.
Posted on thenib.com on September 9, 2019. Taken from: Naro M, Francis M. When “Peanuts” Went All In On Vaccinations. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious virus that has no cure and can cause paralysis or even death. After nearly 40 years of no sustained poliovirus transmission in the United States (US), a case of paralytic polio was confirmed in New York, prompting a rapid public health response by local, state and national authorities. The World Health Organization declared the US polio-free in 1994. But on July 21, 2022, public health officials announced a case of paralytic polio in an...