Polio was caused by an intestinal virus excreted in feces. We now know the virus passes from person to person when infected water enters a person's mouth in a process called fecal to oral transfer.

As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious disease to ...

Yet non-polio enteroviruses can also lead to the same devastating symptoms of 'acute flaccid paralysis' (AFP), but the world is lacking formal surveillance systems to trace and control these ...

Before the first vaccine was developed in the 1950s, polio was among the most feared diseases. An explosive 1916 outbreak in New York killed more than 2,000 people and the worst recorded U.S ...

Polio cases were once common in the United States and around the world. During one of the most severe outbreaks in 1952, the virus infected 58,000 people in the US, paralyzed more than 21,000 and ...

We are at great risk for re-emergence of polio in this country." Like Texas, some Florida schools — such as an elementary school in Broward County last year — have already seen measles outbreaks.

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Polio vaccination is generally recommended to begin within a few months of birth. Before the war, Gaza had near-universal vaccine coverage, but it has since dropped to just over 80%.