Polio

Following The Conversation's interview with polio survivor Leigh Wai Doo, a listener from Hāmākua reached out to share his experience.

[The Conversation](https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/podcast/the-conversation/2022-09-09/the-conversation-kolea-return-can-traditional-music-aid-our-mental-well-being) on Sept. Robert "Bobby" Camara, 71, contracted polio at age 4 before the vaccine was available in Hawaiʻi. He was one of several children from the Big Island who contracted polio and became paralyzed.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency Friday after samples of the polio virus were discovered in wastewater in three counties ...

The state of emergency will stay in effect until Oct. The declaration would expand the number of people authorized to administer polio vaccines and other steps to accelerate inoculation rates. Hochul's executive order came more than a month after an adult in Rockland County, north of New York City, was diagnosed with the disease in July.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Friday after samples of the polio virus were discovered in wastewater in three ...

The state of emergency will stay in effect until Oct. The declaration would expand the number of people authorized to administer polio vaccines and other steps to accelerate inoculation rates. Hochul’s executive order came more than a month after an adult in Rockland County, north of New York City, was diagnosed with the disease in July.

Poliovirus types known to cause paralysis have now been found in wastewater samples from five counties in New York state, and genetic tests confirm ...

The state of emergency will increase resources for vaccines, including allowing emergency medical service workers, midwives and pharmacists to administer the vaccine. Following this case, state health officials in New York began analysing wastewater samples as people infected with polio shed the virus in their stool. New York declared a state of emergency over poliovirus on 9 September.

The order allows emergency service workers, midwives and pharmacists to administer the polio vaccine. The declaration also requires health care providers to ...

[ first week of school](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/nyregion/nyc-back-to-school.html), and as some parents continue to worry about the spread not only of polio but also the monkeypox virus. But [other communities](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/nyregion/polio-nyc-sewage.html) also have low vaccination rates because of a variety of factors. [be disabling and life-threatening](https://www.nytimes.com/article/polio-symptoms-cases-vaccine.html?name=styln-polio®ion=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=Article&variant=show&is_new=false). In New York City and Nassau County, the rates of vaccination are higher. And the rate in Sullivan County was around 62 percent. [first polio case in nearly a decade](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/nyregion/polio-case-new-york.html) was identified in July in New York State. The rate in Orange County was around 59 percent. The rate in Rockland County was around 60 percent. State health officials have marked seven of the samples containing polio as a particular concern because they have not been linked to the Rockland County case. On Friday, state health officials announced that they had identified polio in 57 samples collected from several downstate counties between May and August. The order allows emergency service workers, midwives and pharmacists to administer the polio vaccine. “On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” Dr.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is stepping up polio-fighting efforts as the virus was detected in the wastewater of another county in the New ...

The sample is genetically linked to the polio case from Rockland and provides further evidence of expanding community spread, state health officials said. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening disease was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York City area. The latest detection involved a wastewater sample collected last month in Nassau County on Long Island, directly east of the city.

'If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up to date with vaccinations, the risk of paralytic disease is real,' said the state health commissioner.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 70% of people infected with polio exhibit no symptoms. About 25% of people experience mild or flu-like symptoms that can be mistaken for several other illnesses. “If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up to date with vaccinations, the risk of paralytic disease is real. I urge New Yorkers to not accept any risk at all.” The inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is the only vaccine for the disease available in the U.S. “On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” NYSDOH Commissioner Dr.

The governor's latest step is a way to boost low vaccination rates in areas where the virus has been found.

Most people infected with polio have no symptoms but can still give the virus to others for days or weeks. I urge New Yorkers to not accept any risk at all.”’ [signs of the virus](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/29/polio-us-vaccines-new-york-rockland-county) in sewage water after the first case of polio in the US in nearly a decade was identified in July in Rockland county, close to the city.

New York began testing wastewater surveillance in July after an unvaccinated adult caught polio in Rockland County and suffered paralysis – becoming the first ...

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