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71 Schoolgirls emerged from a drain in Rockland County. People don’t believe it

The large group of schoolgirls travelled half a mile down a storm drain.

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Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI reportedly examines election integrity, shrugs at 2024 irregularities

It's all as believable as Trump's "stop the steal."

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Lawsuit Challenging 2024 Election Results Moves Forward After Kamala Harris Received Zero Votes in a New York County

A lawsuit disputing the results of the 2024 election has moved forward after it was revealed that former Vice President Kamala Harris received no votes a New York county.

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While Trump plays Dictator Barbie, this forgotten county is about to serve him divorce papers

Could Musk and California be a distraction from the real story?

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New York Officials Report Minimal Impact After Earthquake

New York officials report minimal impact from recent earthquake, with only one gas leak in Rockland County. Monitoring ongoing for any related incidents.

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‘Haiti is a country that’s drowning’: Migrants recount trauma of fleeing home

Thousands of people have fled Haiti’s capital in recent weeks as gangs continue to run riot in a country plunged into political chaos. More than 2,000 thousand kilometres from Port-au-Prince, a community centre in New York’s Rockland County is welcoming Haitians who have fled the violence. But while they have…

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New York Boulders Win On Jewish Heritage Day

Left-fielder David Vinsky shines as fans celebrate Jewish culture at Frontier League game

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New York City sticks with migrant hotel plan despite pushback from suburbs

New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel

The Independent UK

A Wary US Watches Trump in Criminal Court, Hoping for Justice

Former US President Donald Trump's surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes outside a downtown Manhattan courtroom, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself. But many Americans who say they are watching this case and other Trump…

Asharq Al-Awsat

School bus crashes in New York suburb; injuries reported

Multiple injuries have been reported after a school bus crashed into a house in Rockland County in suburban New York

The Independent UK

A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US

In July, a young man in the New York area was diagnosed with polio – how did a disease America snuffed out in the 70s rebound?

The Guardian - US

New York counties gear up to fight a polio outbreak among the unvaccinated

Polio is spreading in a few New York counties with low vaccination rates. Experts warn that other places in the U.S. could face the same challenge.

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Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

LOS ANGELES — Delays in getting children vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic and antivaccination sentiment in general may be fueling the most serious threat of polio in the U.S. in years, raising alarms from New York to California.

Los Angeles Times

Polio virus detected in NYC wastewater, health officials say

NEW YORK — The polio virus has been detected in New York City, health authorities said Friday, a jarring discovery arriving three weeks after the long-defeated virus reemerged in Rockland County north of the city. The potentially deadly virus was detected in sewage samples collected in the city.

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The Guardian - US

Polio virus detected in New York wastewater, health officials say

News comes weeks after case of polio was identified in Rockland county, about 30 miles north of New York City

Salon

Why polio is making a comeback

Unlike COVID-19, vaccinations for polio are nearly ubiquitous. Could an outbreak actually happen again?

The Independent UK

New York health officials warn there ‘may be hundreds of other people infected’ with polio

The sole case detected in Rockland County could be the “tip of the iceberg,” says New York state health commissioner

Salon

Polio remerges as possible threat

In rare cases, the weakened live poliovirus in the vaccine can mutate, regain virulence, and cause polio

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Daily Mirror

New York polio patient left paralysed has same strain found in UK and Jerusalem

A New York man who has been left paralysed has suffered the same polio strain as found in London and Jerusalem it has been confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

No one studying polio knew more than Albert Sabin, the Polish-American scientist whose vaccine against the crippling disease has been used worldwide since 1959. Sabin’s oral vaccine provides lifelong immunity. It has one drawback, which Sabin, who died in 1993, fiercely disputed: In rare cases, the weakened live poliovirus in…

Salon

How polio crept back into the U.S.

Health agencies generally don’t test wastewater for signs of polio, which may have given virus time to circulate

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Peter Salk, the son of polio vaccine's developer, says the newest US polio case sounds a warning

PITTSBURGH — After a man in Rockland County, New York, became the first patient to contract polio in the United States in nearly a decade, experts such as Dr. Peter Salk — whose late father, Jonas, developed a vaccine for the disease — said the public shouldn't be alarmed but…

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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