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New York Declares State of Emergency Over Polio Cases

The state of New York declared a state of emergency Friday over the continued spread of polio.New York Governor Kathy Hochul made the declaration Friday, after multiple counties in the state discovered traces of the virus in wastewater. New York was also the site of the first case of polio in the U.S. in years, which was discovered in July. Polio was thought to be eradicated in the U.S. after the polio vaccine was developed in the 1950s; the last naturally occurring case was detected …

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