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New York has one confirmed polio case but health officials say wastewater surveillance indicates there may be hundreds of people infected. While most Americans are vaccinated against polio, experts say the case should serve as a wake-up call to those who aren’t. Here’s what you need to know.

Polio has now been found in wastewater samples from two different locations in Orange County, raising concerns that the virus is spreading, Sarah Wallace reports.

Following a Rockland County resident coming down with the first case of polio in almost a decade, the Rockland County Health Department has set up vaccine clinics, Chris Jose reports.

New York reported its first polio case in nearly a decade on Thursday, and with the word “vaccination” entrenched in our collective forefronts amid the COVID pandemic and now the monkeypox outbreak, many are trying to make sure they’re protected against the once-dreaded childhood disease the U.S. declared eliminated more than four decades ago. The case involved an unvaccinated...

Polio is the state of paralysis caused by the highly contagious poliovirus. Here’s what you need to know to protect your family.

A 20-year-old male in Rockland County has polio, which is the first recorded case in the United States in almost a decade, Sarah Wallace reports.