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US reports first polio case in nearly a decade

Person who tested positive in New York state no longer contagious, but investigators are checking if others exposed.

Al Jazeera

Worldwide, children's vaccine rates fall

UNICEF's director called the worldwide trend "a red alert for child health."

Salon

New York records first US polio case in almost a decade

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York health officials confirmed Thursday that a case of polio was recently recorded in Rockland County, the first time the highly infectious virus has been reported in the U.S. since 2013.

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

New York health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade

The Independent UK

First U.S. case of polio in decades discovered in New York

No polio cases have originated in the U.S. since 1979.

Axios

Polio case confirmed in New York marking first possible known infection in nearly a decade

The disease remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan but has largely been eradicated in the US

The Independent UK

Venezuela's alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world

Measles, rubella and polio shots are going in children’s arms in Venezuela these days as part of a countrywide vaccination campaign

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A devastating disease is showing up in London’s sewers — should you be worried?

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a devastating disease that historically has caused paralysis and death around the world.

Inverse

Polio was recently detected in sewage in the UK – here's what else scientists look for in our wastewater

We recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis and death, mainly in children.

The Conversation

The discovery of the polio virus in Britain proves we can never let our guard down

Evidence of the disease in a London sewer shows that without widespread vaccination, no country is immune from its horrors, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group

The Guardian - UK

Low vaccine take up puts Liverpool 'at risk' of polio outbreak

Cabinet member and public health director urge families to check vaccine status

Liverpool Echo

After Covid, monkeypox and polio - watch out for 'Disease X'

With the UK at the start of what scientists are calling the 'pandemic era', there are warnings that the next viral threat could be much worse than anything we have experienced so far

Wales Online

Edinburgh University's Devi Sridhar rules out Covid-style lockdowns to tackle polio in UK

The respected chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh says that people should not fear Covid style lockdowns to tackle monkeypox and polio cases.

Edinburgh Live

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, polio worker in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on policemen escorting a team of polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near Afghanistan, killing two policemen and a polio worker

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Nottingham records below average Polio vaccination take up after virus detected in London

Just 50.4% of year 9s took the vaccination

The Guardian - UK

Should we be worried that polio has been detected in the UK?

Until an infectious disease is eradicated everywhere in the world, we are all vulnerable, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

Liverpool Echo

Mary Berry forever scarred by polio battle as disease detected in UK

The TV chef contracted the disease when she was a teenager

The Independent UK

Polio outbreak is ‘jolt’ needed to tackle falling child vaccine uptake ‘before it’s too late’, expert warns

‘There has been a general downward trend in coverage in most childhood vaccines over the past 5-10 years,’ say scientific advisers to the government

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Daily Mirror

New Disease X could arrive any day as virus outbreaks 'getting worse' amid polio in UK

Two and a half years since the first outbreak of Covid-19, experts are warning more disastrous pandemics are likely on the way as we live in a "perfect storm for emerging infectious diseases"

The National (Scotland)

Running up that hill ... just like we were back in the 1980s

THE UK inflation rate has surged to a level not seen since 1982, new figures revealed last week.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Health Ministry Provides Services to More Than 216,000 Pilgrims at Kingdom’s Ports

The Saudi Ministry of Health has provided medical services to 216,981 pilgrims who entered the Kingdom via land, air, and seaports, from the beginning of the pilgrims' arrival until Monday, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. According to the ministry, a total of 10,101 pilgrims received preventive treatment for meningitis,…

Wales Online

Polio found in UK sewage – what you need to know

UK had been declared polio-free since 2003

Daily Mirror

'Polio left me unable to walk at 5 - its return to UK sent shivers down my spine'

Businessman Mark Esho MBE was just five when he woke up paralysed from the neck down after contracting polio, which has been detected in the UK for the first time in decades

The Independent UK

Polio: What are the symptoms?

Most people who get polio do not experience symptoms

The Independent UK

How to check if you’ve had your polio vaccine and what to do if you haven’t

Health officials declare national incident and are investigating in London

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