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LONDON (Reuters) -Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010. Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease that ...

So far, there's been just one recent case of polio in the United States, which paralyzed a young adult in Rockland County, New York. One case -- and evidence in sewage of more spread -- may not sound ...

LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s ...

Bill Harris knows full well the perils that polio can cause. Having suffered through the illness at age 12, it took Harris a year and a half to fully recover. Through the Rotary Club, Harris, now 86, ...

Americans who plan to visit any of the 32 countries on the CDC’s polio list in coming weeks and months should take extra precautions before their trips to protect against polio. The U.S. Department of ...

Since its inception in 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative efforts have helped eradicate different types of wild polioviruses so that the last remaining wild strain, type 1, is now largely ...

Global health alerts are up for polio. The CDC warns travellers to take extra care. Poliovirus is detected in many countries.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary has suggested that the polio vaccine cost more lives than it saved and that the vaccine did not wipe out the disease in the U.S. By Christina ...