US wastewater samples are showing an alarming increase in a respiratory virus that has been linked to polio-like symptoms. An enterovirus variant, EV-D68, can lead to acute flaccid myelitis, which can ...
SUBSCRIBERS AS OF THIS. [MUSIC] MONTH. TURNING TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, NEW CONCERNS ABOUT A SEASONAL VIRUS THAT CAN, IN RARE CASES, CAUSE POLIO LIKE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN. HERE TO EXPLAIN IS ...
Polio is caused by a virus and spread through contact with feces. The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like symptoms. Paralysis from the polio virus is rare. This year, polio ...
Consistently high vaccination rates and global health surveillance programs have helped eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in almost all countries of the world, except Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet ...
A missed polio dose doesn’t erase protection, but timing matters. Here’s why delays affect gut immunity, community safety, ...
Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...