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‘Polio Paul’ Alexander, who spent 72 years inside iron lung, dead at 78
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA polio survivor who spent more than seven decades living inside an iron long has died at 78. Paul...
Polio in NY: Are we out of the woods for recurrence of paralytic virus?
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt's been more than a year since a young Rockland County man was left permanently paralyzed by...
Polio virus found in NYC wastewater, showing spread of disease in New York
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe polio virus was discovered in wastewater samples in New York City, showing the once-eradicated...
The Polio Threat Continues to Grow—But a New Vaccine Could Make a Difference
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child at a school during a door-to-door polio...
How one New York county went from fighting measles to battling polio
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoALBANY, N.Y. — Four years after finding itself in the middle of the nation’s worst measles outbreak...
Child left paralysed as Pakistan records its first polio case of the year
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA police officer stands guard as a health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a...
Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHealth officials in Burundi have declared an outbreak of polio linked to the vaccine, the first time...
What's the real risk from NY's polio outbreak?
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs New York’s polio outbreak potentially spreads to hundreds of people, authorities are sounding alarms about the resurgent infectious disease that...
Rockland residents turn out for polio shots after county has first case in U.S. in years
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUnvaccinated Rockland County residents got polio vaccine shots on Friday after county officials...
Polio in New York: What a new CDC report says about Rockland's case and potential spread
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA young Rockland resident attended a large gathering somewhere in the county in June. Eight days...