The first U.S. case of polio since 2013 has been detected in New York

This 2014 illustration made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. (Sarah Poster and Meredith Boyter Newlove from the CDC via AP)

A case of polio has been detected in New York, the first instance of the virus in almost a decade.

The case was confirmed in a resident of Rockland County, about 36 miles north of New York City, the first case since 2013, according to the state and county health departments.