Polio case confirmed in Rockland County, 1st in U.S. since 2013

New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.

New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.

First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York

Investigators are now working to determine specifically how the infection happened and whether others were exposed, while health officials have scheduled polio vaccination clinics for Friday and Monday in New York.

New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

NEW YORK (AP) — An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.

New York adult diagnosed with polio, first US case in nearly a decade

(CNN) — A person from Rockland County, New York, has been diagnosed with polio, the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade.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 that it had detected poliovirus in its surveillance of London sewage …

First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York

FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New York health officials said Thursday that the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in a young