polio

The unvaccinated young adult began experiencing weakness and paralysis about a month ago, county Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said Thursday.The case comes nearly a month after the UK Health Security Agency warned…

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first US case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland county, had developed paralysis. The person…

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 infantile paralysis.Roger Harris/science…

Placeholder while article actions loadLONDON — The United Kingdom has declared a rare “national incident” after traces of the highly contagious poliovirus were found in sewage in London, the government said.Britain, like many developed…

Public health officials have declared a national incident after routine surveillance of wastewater in north and east London found evidence of community transmission of poliovirus for the first time.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)…

A child getting the oral polio vaccine at a health center in Lome, Togo.Photo: BSIP/Universal Images Group (Getty Images)The nearly extinct disease polio has made an unexpected and unwelcome reappearance in Africa. This week, health…

Most Ohio’s colleges and universities say they will not require students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine…