Hundreds of New Yorkers may be infected with polio virus, health officials say - WOKV

Citing new evidence of possible “community spread,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday confirmed that a federal team has been dispatched to New York to investigate the Empire State’s first diagnosed case of polio in nearly a decade.

Polio: What you need to know The more serious symptoms originated by poliovirus are paresthesia, meningitis and paralysis. (NCD)NEW YORK — Citing new evidence of possible community spread, the U.S. C… [+3045 chars]

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