What we know about the polio case in New York

The case in suburban Rockland County is the first confirmed polio case in the U.S. in about a decade.

By Stephanie Kim
What we know about the polio case in New York
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove / CDC via Associated Press
What we know about the polio case in New York
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove / CDC via Associated Press

What we know about the polio case in New York

The case in suburban Rockland County is the first confirmed polio case in the U.S. in about a decade.

By Stephanie Kim
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New York health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated against polio after finding the virus in wastewater a month before a polio case was confirmed there in July. Officials say the person infected with the virus sought treatment for weakness and paralysis, and was not vaccinated. 

Reset gets the latest details about the case in Rockland County and how it’s shedding light on areas with lower vaccination rates.

GUEST: Arthur Allen, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News