New York state health officials reported the first case of polio in nearly a decade in the United States as they urge residents to get vaccinated. The disease is known to be contagious and symptoms can take up to 30 days to appear after initial transmission.
The person is no longer deemed contagious, but investigators are trying to figure out how the infection occurred and whether other people were exposed to the virus.
new york - An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.