ALBANY, N.Y. — 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 began checking for signs of the virus in sewage water after the first case of polio in the United States... Read more
New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, declared a disaster emergency on Friday and said 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 began checking for signs of the virus in sewage water after the first case... Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Friday declaring a state disaster emergency as a fourth New York county detected the polio virus in its wastewater. New York’s Department of Health said Friday that the executive order will expand “the network of polio vaccine administrators with the addition of EMS workers, midwives, and... Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster over polio on Friday, as evidence of local transmission in the state mounts. Only one case of polio has been reported, but for every reported case, hundreds more people may be infected, health officials said. Nassau County is the newest county confirmed to have polio in... Read more
In a separate release, the New York Department of Health said the order expands the network of polio vaccine administrators, with the addition of EMS workers, midwives and pharmacists. “On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said. “If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up... Read more
The emergency declaration allows a larger group of medical personnel to administer polio vaccines and requires providers to send immunization data to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). She continued: “If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up to date with vaccinations, the risk of paralytic disease is real. … Polio... Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to poliovirus, which has been detected since April in wastewater from four counties plus New York City. Just one case has been confirmed — an unvaccinated man in his 20s who was diagnosed with paralytic polio in Rockland County in July. But... Read more
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. (Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy... Read more
Gov. Hochul issued an executive order expanding the state’s network of vaccine administrators to EMS workers, midwives and pharmacists as evidence mounts that the once rare virus is spreading in the state. Only one case of paralytic polio has been recorded in Rockland County so far, but wastewater samples from across the city and surrounding... Read more
According to an executive order from Hochul’s office, polioviruses have been detected in wastewater samples collected in Orange, Rockland, and Sullivan counties in April, May, June, July and August 2022. Also, a case of paralytic polio was identified on July 21 in an unvaccinated resident of Rockland County who had undertaken no international travel during... Read more
