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The U.N. agency estimates that 1 in 200 polio cases results in permanent paralysis, usually of the legs. Among children who are paralyzed, up to 10% die when their breathing muscles are paralyzed.
September 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM. ... Gaza recently reported its first polio case in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in a leg. ... The United States, ...
The number of polio cases rose from eight per 100,000 in 1944 to 37 per 100,000 in 1952, ... 2022, and updated on December 16, 2024. Jake Johnson contributed to a previous version of this post.
A child receives oral polio vaccine during a 2002 campaign to immunize children in India. Poliovirus. Polio eradication, the goal of permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort begun in 1988, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's ...
Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.
So far the United Nations has confirmed one case of paralysis in a 10-month-old baby. [9] On 29 August 2024, Israel made a "preliminary commitment" to comply to pauses in the fighting to facilitate a vaccination campaign. [10] 14 days later the World Health Organization reported that polio vaccination for children of the Gaza strip was achieved ...
“Even a single case of polio is a threat,” opined New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassette in an op-ed essay in The New York Times on Aug. 21.
This year, polio cases have been detected in New York state, London and Jerusalem. Spread mostly through contact with an… The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like ...