JUST IN: Polio has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City, health officials say.
August 12, 2022, 11:05 AMThis 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle.Friday that polio has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City.
"For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected," State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said in a statement. "The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming, but not surprising.
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