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Fortune
Erin Prater

Is polio circulating in the U.S.? The CDC will test wastewater across the country to find out: ‘It would not be surprising’

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Michigan and Philadelphia are among U.S. locales that plan to test their wastewater for polio with help from federal health officials.

The move, announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, comes after a 20-year-old unvaccinated man in Rockland County, New York, was paralyzed by the virus in July—the first case reported in the U.S. in decades.

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