In a First, COVID Vaccine Is Added to Adult Immunization Schedule

• Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
• February 9, 2023
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For the first time, COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the list of routine immunizations recommended for adults -- a further sign the virus is here to stay.

The addition is being made to the 2023 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, released Thursday by the Advisor...

CDC Will Test New Areas for Polio in Wastewater

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• December 1, 2022
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U.S. health officials will begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in select locations around the country, including possibly at sites in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

The testing will happen in communities that have low polio vaccination rates or those with possible conne...

Who Needs to Worry About the Polio 'Emergency'?

• Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
• September 13, 2022
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Even though New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently declared polio a state emergency after samples of the virus were found in wastewater in New York City and four ...

New York Declares Emergency After Finding More Spread of Poliovirus

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• September 12, 2022
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state emergency after finding evidence of continued community spread of poliovirus.

Public health officials have detected the virus in a fourth count...

How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• August 15, 2022
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Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area.

But infectious disease experts say there's no need for families of fully vaccinated ch...

Poliovirus Discovered in NYC Wastewater

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• August 12, 2022
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State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City's wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely since first being discovered in the wastewater of a...

New Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• August 5, 2022
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New Yorkers who aren't vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties.<...

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

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• July 22, 2022
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New York health officials said Thursday that the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in a young unvaccinated adult in Rockland County.

"Based on what we know about ...

Britain Investigates Possible Presence of Poliovirus in London

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• June 23, 2022
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Health authorities in Britain, who routinely test sewage samples for the virus that causes polio, declared a "nati...

We've Been Here Before: How Polio Vaccine Rollout Saved Millions of Young Lives

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 2, 2021
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An infection that can disable and kill stalks the land, but a brand-new vaccine offers hope that almost everyone, kids included, can evade it. After scientific testing, a nationwide rollout of the vaccine begins.

Sound familiar?

As the U.S. government gears up to ...

New Polio Vaccine Promising in Early Test

• Steven Reinberg
• April 24, 2020
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A new oral polio vaccine promises to help make polio a disease of the past, according to the results of a phase 1 clinical trial.

Polio was almost eliminated worldwide -- except in vaccine-induced cases. In those cases, the weakened virus used in vaccines developed ...

Scientists Spot Signs of Virus Behind Disease Paralyzing Kids

• Dennis Thompson
• October 21, 2019
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A new antibody test appears to have honed in on the most likely cause of a mysterious polio-like disease that regularly sweeps through the United States.

The new test detected antibodies for two types of enteroviruses in the spinal fluid of dozens of patients diagnos...

Vulnerable Preemie Babies Often Behind On Vaccines

• Amy Norton
• August 7, 2019
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Preemies often lag behind full-term babies in getting routine vaccinations -- and the difference remains at age 3, a new study finds.

Misguided parental "hesitancy" over the safety of vaccines for preemies might be to blame, researchers said.

The study foun...