JUST IN: Health officials say polio has been found in New York City sewage, suggesting wider spread of virus among unvaccinated.
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis . There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines to prevent polio.Polio was eliminated in the United States in 1979. This means there is no ongoing spread of the disease for more than 12 months since then.
Polio was once one of the most feared diseases in the U.S. In the early 1950s, before polio vaccines were available, polio outbreaks caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis each year.
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