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The focus must switch from eradication of the polioviruses to the development of new long-term immunization policies that will minimize the silent circulation of polioviruses, researchers say.

A recent case of polio is a wake-up call, says a pediatrician who outlines ways in which physicians can convince skeptical parents to get their children vaccinated.

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Poliovirus is spreading in the wastewater in New York City, and the United States has already seen one case of paralytic polio. We cannot accept a low vaccination rate.

Though enterovirus D68 primarily causes acute respiratory illness, in rare cases, it can lead to a neurologic compilation involving limb weakness.

Polio virus has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City and in four New York counties: Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, and Nassau.

California State Senator and pediatrician Richard Pan, who spearheaded some of the countrys most ambitious vaccine mandate legislation, is leaving office this year because of term limits.

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To stem epidemics, we need to better identify asymptomatic carriers.

State Health Commissioner Dr Mary T. Bassett again urged residents to make sure they are immunized, saying "one New Yorker paralyzed by polio is already too many."