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Very much. there's some concerning health news out of new york where officials say that wastewater samples have revealed the presence of polio virus. that suggests the virus is circulating in the city. late last month, nearby rockland county reported one case of infection. now, most americans are protected from polio thanks to vaccines, but as many as 14% of new york city kids younger than five are not up to date on their shots. let's discuss with dr. william moss, executive director for the international vaccine access center at johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. we're gratefu...

Excreted through our gastrointestinal track, it's an obvious place to look for polio viruses. what we know about polio viruses, whether it's the wild type viruses or the circulating vaccine-type of viruses, only a small proportion of individuals infected develop symptoms. a small proportion, maybe 1 out of 100 or 200 actually develop paralytic disease. so there can be a lot of transmission that is invisible because of these individuals and they're not showing signs or symptoms. what the wastewater management surveillance shows us is that there is more widespread transmission in these communiti...

Yemen has faced one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world since the start of the war in 2015. In 2020; 30 Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 1 (VDPV1) isolates were detected in Saadah governorate. The aims are to characterize the outbreak and address the gaps predisposing the emergence and circulation of VDPV1 in Saadah governorate, Yemen. A retrospective descriptive study of confirmed cases of VDPV1 between January and December 2020 was performed. Surveillance staff collected data from patient cases, contacts, as well as stool specimens that shipped to WHO accredited polio labs. Data of...