McConnell warns RFK Jr. against effort to undermine polio vaccines
Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
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Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and local health officials are beginning to test wastewater for poliovirus in Oakland County.
Starting next Monday, the Polio vaccine (IPV) will be available at no cost, to Oakland County residents who are not up to date on their vaccine.
Polioviruses recently found the cities were mutated versions of viruses that originated in oral vaccines meant to stamp out the disease.
Officials say Michigan has its first confirmed case this year of a mysterious paralyzing illness called acute flaccid myelitis.
The CDC has confirmed at least 62 cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like illness that strikes children, in 22 states.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that there are 155 patients under investigation this year for acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that that can cause paralysis and mostly affects children.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating nine recent cases of acute flaccid myelitis, also called AFM, according to a statement Wednesday.
If polio is near extinction, why do outbreaks still pop up in places where the disease was thought to be long gone? The answer is complicated.
A deadly and highly infectious disease that was thought to be eradicated has returned to Venezuela.
Using a $384,000 World Health Organization grant, researchers will design a health communication plan urging people in Nigeria to get the polio vaccine.
