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  • CDC will test sewage for polio outside New York to see if it’s circulating elsewhere in the U.S.

    Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/poli...-new-york.html

    CDC will test sewage for polio outside New York to see if it’s circulating elsewhere in nation
    Published Wed, Nov 30 20223:27 PM ESTUpdated 22 Min Ago
    Spencer Kimball

    The CDC will expand polio wastewater surveillance to select communities with low vaccination rates outside the New York metro area.
    The CDC will initially work work with health officials in Michigan and Philadelphia to identify communities with low vaccination rates and begin testing sewage the in those areas.
    The decision to expand polio surveillance comes after an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County, New York, was left paralyzed after contracting the virus over the summer...
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