poliovirus

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles. Polio was thought to be almost…

Polio virus particle, computer illustration.Kateryna Kon | Science Photo Library | Getty ImagesNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul has extended the state of emergency declared in response to the spread of poliovirus after sewage tested positive in…

Physician’s Briefing Staff MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state emergency after finding evidence of continued community spread of poliovirus.Public…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts after the virus was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York City area.Health officials…

Cara Murez FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City's wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely…

Just as we thought that monkeypox would be the new virus scare for 2022, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared a national incident of repeated poliovirus detection in sewage in north and east London. Repeated positive readings for…

PTI Islamabad, June 24Pakistan’s vaccination programme has come under suspicion after the detection of poliovirus in sewage samples in London for the…

Physician’s Briefing Staff THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Health authorities in Britain, who routinely test sewage samples for the virus that causes polio, declared a "national incident"…

Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 23 With the civil war in Afghanistan escalating and people moving across borders, the World Health Organisation’s expert committee on…