Why Polio, Once Nearly Eradicated, Is Rebounding: QuickTake - Bloomberg Law


8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Jason Gale

Poliomyelitis (“polio” for short) has been a cause of life-threatening paralysis for thousands of years. At the height of the biggest-ever outbreak in 1952, almost 60,000 cases with more than 3,000 deaths were reported in the US alone. Thanks to immunizations…

Poliomyelitis (polio for short) has been a cause of life-threatening paralysis for thousands of years. At the height of the biggest-ever outbreak in 1952, almost 60,000 cases with more than 3,000 dea… [+420 chars]

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