Polio

“The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple – get vaccinated against polio,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. “With polio ...

As of January 8, 2008, all healthcare providers in New York State are required to report all immunizations administered to people less than 19 years of age, along with the person's immunization histories, to NYSDOH using NYSIIS. New York City maintains their own non-COVID-19 immunization records through the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR). The most important way for children and adults to protect themselves from polio is to get vaccinated right away if they have not received all recommended polio vaccine doses. NYCDOHMH has been working with local providers and community leaders to promote vaccination and is developing materials for popular local communications channels. Adults who received polio vaccine as children should receive a one-time lifetime booster if traveling to an area where there is a poliovirus transmission. Health officials have increased communication to healthcare providers, stressing the on-time administration of the polio vaccine among their patients. Polio can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. NYSDOH and NYCDOHMH will continue its active, ongoing wastewater surveillance efforts in partnership with CDC and to ensure prevention measures, particularly immunization clinics, are in place as the best way to keep New Yorkers and children polio-free is to maintain high immunity across the population through safe and effective immunization. Vaccine coverage for routinely recommended vaccines has fallen among children in New York City since 2019, putting us at risk for outbreaks and devastating complications of vaccine preventable diseases. Polio can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and can be fatal due to paralysis in the muscles used to breathe or swallow. Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.” The best way to keep adults and children polio-free is through safe and effective immunization – New Yorkers’ greatest protection against the worst outcomes of polio, including permanent paralysis and even death.” One in 25 people with infection with get viral meningitis and about one in 200 will become paralyzed.

Polio can result in permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and death in some cases. Health officials are calling on people who are not vaccinated to get their ...

Overall, 86% of children ages 5 and under in New York City have received three doses of the polio vaccine, according to health officials. One in 25 people who catch polio develop viral meningitis and 1 in 200 will become paralyzed, according to health officials. The strain that the unvaccinated adult caught is genetically linked to the sewage samples in Rockland and Orange counties. Routine vaccinations among children have declined in New York City since 2019, which has increased the risk of outbreaks, according to health officials. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett called the findings alarming. "For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected," Bassett said.

New York proved a petri dish for Covid-19 and monkeypox. Now polio, which is largely asymptomatic but can cause paralysis and death, could be silently ...

“With polio circulating in our communities there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine.” In New York City, just over 86 percent of children aged 6 months to 5 years old have received three doses of the polio vaccine, leaving another 14 percent vulnerable, according to health officials. The city’s positive wastewater samples were collected in June and July, though state officials said they have not been genetically linked to the case in Rockland County. Already, the State Health Department — working with local and federal partners — is responding urgently, continuing case investigation and aggressively assessing spread.” “The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming, but not surprising. New York proved a petri dish for both contagions, and now polio, which is largely asymptomatic but can cause paralysis, could be silently spreading.

"The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple – get vaccinated against polio," said New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. "With ...

As of January 8, 2008, all healthcare providers in New York State are required to report all immunizations administered to people less than 19 years of age, along with the person's immunization histories, to NYSDOH using NYSIIS. New York City maintains their own non-COVID-19 immunization records through the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR). The most important way for children and adults to protect themselves from polio is to get vaccinated right away if they have not received all recommended polio vaccine doses. Health officials have increased communication to healthcare providers, stressing the importance of the on-time administration of the polio vaccine among their patients. Adults who received polio vaccine as children should receive a one-time lifetime booster if traveling to an area where there is a poliovirus transmission. NYCDOHMH has been working with local providers and community leaders to promote vaccination and is developing materials for popular local communications channels. NYSDOH and NYCDOHMH will continue their active, ongoing wastewater surveillance efforts in partnership with CDC and to ensure prevention measures, particularly immunization clinics, are in place as the best way to keep New Yorkers and children polio-free is to maintain high immunity across the population through safe and effective immunization. The best way to keep adults and children polio-free is through safe and effective immunization – New Yorkers' greatest protection against the worst outcomes of polio, including permanent paralysis and even death." Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us." A core component of CDC's childhood immunization schedule and required by NYSDOH for all school-aged children, most children are already vaccinated. Vaccine coverage for routinely recommended vaccines has fallen among children in New York City since 2019, putting us at risk for outbreaks and devastating complications of vaccine preventable diseases. One in 25 people with infection with get viral meningitis and about one in 200 will become paralyzed. Polio can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases.

El estado de Nueva York advirtió que cientos de personas a nivel local podrían estar infectadas con poliomielitis, convocando un equipo de los CDC.

Su descubrimiento en el condado de Rockland provocó una campaña local de vacunas. casos, las personas que reciben el virus vivo pueden transmitirlo a otras personas que no han sido vacunadas. La semana pasada, los funcionarios de salud del estado de Nueva York advirtieron que "cientos" de personas podrían infectarse localmente. A medida que aprendemos más, lo que sí sabemos es claro: el peligro de la poliomielitis está presente en Nueva York hoy. Para aclarar, eso no significa que todos estén en riesgo. Sin embargo, son aquellos que no están vacunados los que permanecen en riesgo.

El virus de la poliomielitis se ha encontrado en las aguas residuales de la ciudad en otra señal de que la enfermedad se está extendiendo.

La mayoría de las personas infectadas por la poliomielitis no presentan síntomas, pero pueden transmitir el virus a otras personas durante días o semanas. Las muestras de aguas residuales recogidas en junio tanto en Rockland como en el adyacente condado de Orange contenían el virus. Los niños de entre 1 y 9 años de Londres pudieron recibir el miércoles dosis de refuerzo de una vacuna contra la polio. La polio es totalmente prevenible y su reaparición debería ser una llamada a la acción para todos nosotros", agregó Vasan. En Nueva York, una persona sufrió una parálisis hace semanas a causa de una infección de polio en el condado de Rockland, al norte de la ciudadEn Nueva York, una persona sufrió una parálisis hace semanas a causa de una infección de polio en el condado de Rockland, al norte de la ciudad. "El riesgo para los neoyorquinos es real, pero la defensa es muy sencilla: vacunarse contra la poliomielitis", dijo en un comunicado el Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Comisionado de Salud de la ciudad de Nueva York."El riesgo para los neoyorquinos es real, pero la defensa es muy sencilla: vacunarse contra la poliomielitis", dijo en un comunicado el Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Comisionado de Salud de la ciudad de Nueva York.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Se ha detectado la presencia del virus causante de la poliomielitis en aguas cloacales de Nueva York una semana después de reportarse un ...

Hemos identificado la polio en nuestras cloacas y todavía enfrentamos la crisis de la viruela símica. Pero el equipo está presente. “Enfrentamos una trifecta”, dijo el alcalde Eric Adams a la televisora CNN. “El COVID sigue estando muy presente. “Ahora que la polio circula en nuestros vecindarios, no hay nada más esencial que vacunar a nuestros niños para protegerlos de este virus, y si uno es un adulto no vacunado o parcialmente vacunado, por favor decida hacerse vacunar ahora.

Cientos de casos del virus del polio pueden causar desapercibidos, alertó una especialista de Nueva York.

Las autoridades dijeron que el paciente, que vive en el condado de Rockland, había desarrollado una parálisis. Las autoridades dicen que la detección del virus, que causa parálisis permanente en las extremidades y posiblemente incluso la muerte, sugiere que se ha propagado en la comunidad. Funcionarios de salud de la Ciudad de Nueva York confirmaron que el virus que causa la poliomielitis fue detectado en el sistema de alcantarillado de la ciudad, poco más de una semana después de que se encontrara en muestras de los suburbios vecinos de los condados de Orange y Rockland.

The highly infectious viral disease can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. Health officials are urging people to ...

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La comisionada de salud de la ciudad, Dra. Mary Bassett, dijo que el hallazgo es alarmante y que trabajan sin descanso para determinar qué tan extendida ...

Alrededor del 14 % de los niños de la ciudad de Nueva York de 6 meses a 5 años no han completado su serie de vacunas contra la poliomielitis, por lo que no están totalmente protegidos contra el virus. La vacunación de rutina entre los niños ha disminuido en la ciudad de Nueva York desde 2019. Señaló que los funcionarios locales y federales del área están evaluando hasta qué punto se ha propagado la polio en la ciudad y en el territorio estatal.

Las autoridades advierten de que el hallazgo “sugiere” que ha habido transmisión local e instan a la población a vacunarse.

El pasado mes de junio también se detectó el virus de la poliomielitis en un número significativo de muestras procedentes de aguas residuales de Londres. Esta misma semana, las autoridades sanitarias británicas han iniciado una campaña urgente de vacunación dirigida a cerca de un millón de niños entre uno y nueve años del área metropolitana de la capital. A principios de agosto, las autoridades anunciaron que el virus ya se había detectado en aguas residuales de Rockland un mes antes de registrarse el caso, que correspondía a un varón adulto no vacunado. Tres semanas después de confirmarse un caso de poliomelitis en un condado de Nueva York, las autoridades sanitarias de la Gran Manzana han identificado el virus de la polio en las aguas residuales de la ciudad, según han anunciado este viernes, advirtiendo de que el hallazgo “sugiere” que ha habido transmisión local.

The polio virus has been found in New York City's wastewater in another sign that the disease is quietly spreading.

Wastewater samples collected in June in both Rockland and adjacent Orange County were found to contain the virus. Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday. The disease mostly affects children. And we’re coordinating and we’re addressing the threats as they come before us, and we’re prepared to deal with them with the assistance of Washington, D.C.” “With polio circulating in our communities there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine. Polio, we have identified polio in our sewage, and we’re still dealing with the monkeypox crisis.

Covid is still very much here. Polio, we have identified polio in our sewage. And we're still dealing with the monkey pox crisis," New York Mayor Eric Adams ...

In some New York City neighborhoods, the vaccination rate is significantly lower than in the rest of the city. "Polio is entirely preventable, and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us." Others live in small groups of the ultraorthadox Jewish community in New York, including in Rockland County, that have made a decision not to vaccinate their children. The agency sent a team of disease detectives to Rockland County last week to investigate the case and assist with vaccination. And we're still dealing with the monkey pox crisis," New York Mayor Eric Adams said Friday on CNN's New Day. "We're addressing the threats as they come before us and we're prepared to deal with them and with the assistance of Washington, DC." "For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected," State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said.

El riesgo para los neoyorquinos es real, pero la defensa es tan sencilla: vacúnate contra la polio, dijo el comisionado de Salud de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Hemos identificado la polio en nuestras cloacas y todavía enfrentamos la crisis de la viruela símica. Pero el equipo está presente. “Enfrentamos una trifecta”, dijo el alcalde Eric Adams a la televisora CNN. “El COVID sigue estando muy presente. La polio es totalmente evitable y su reaparición debería ser un llamado a la acción para todos nosotros”.

Se ha detectado la presencia del virus causante de la poliomielitis en aguas cloacales de Nueva York una semana después de reportarse un caso de la ...

Hemos identificado la polio en nuestras cloacas y todavía enfrentamos la crisis de la viruela símica. Pero el equipo está presente. La polio es totalmente evitable y su reaparición debería ser un llamado a la acción para todos nosotros”. “Ahora que la polio circula en nuestros vecindarios, no hay nada más esencial que vacunar a nuestros niños para protegerlos de este virus, y si uno es un adulto no vacunado o parcialmente vacunado, por favor decida hacerse vacunar ahora.

Menos de un mes después de reportar el primer caso de contagio de polio en una década, Nueva York informó haber encontrado restos de virus en sus aguas ...

Es por eso que es clave asegurarnos de que la polio queda erradicada de una vez por todas". Hay varios tipos de virus que provocan la poliomielitis: uno, el de polio salvaje, solo endémico en Pakistán y Afganistán y que es el virus que surgió de forma natural. Solo entre 2018 y 2023, la OMS y la Iniciativa Global para la erradicación de la Polio (GPEI por sus siglas en inglés) planean dedicar 4.200 millones de dólares a este objetivo. Por otra parte, volviendo a Londres, las autoridades sí buscan el virus de la polio en sus aguas negras de forma regular. En primer lugar, es importante destacar que ni Nueva York ni Estados Unidos a escala federal solían revisar sus aguas residuales en busca del virus de la polio. Urgimos a los habitantes de Nueva York que no están vacunados a hacerlo ahora", publicaron las autoridades en un comunicado.

Detectan la presencia del virus causante de la poliomielitis en aguas cloacales de Nueva York una semana después de reportarse un caso en el condado de ...

Hemos identificado la polio en nuestras cloacas y todavía enfrentamos la crisis de la viruela símica. Pero el equipo está presente. “Enfrentamos una trifecta”, dijo el alcalde Eric Adams a la televisora CNN. “El COVID sigue estando muy presente. La polio es totalmente evitable y su reaparición debería ser un llamado a la acción para todos nosotros”.

Officials are concerned after the COVID-19 pandemic fueled a continued backslide in vaccinations for all diseases.

Following the public disclosure of the polio case, officials in New York began testing wastewater for signs of virus in stool samples. By early July, the outbreak was deemed to be under control, with no polio virus found in sewage in the prior month. The polio patient is a 20-year-old unvaccinated man who traveled to Hungary and Poland earlier this year and was hospitalized in June, the Washington Post reported, citing a public health official who spoke on condition of anonymity. “So the big push right now is for us to make sure, again, that families have good information, they have good access.” “Polio is entirely preventable, and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.” As we learn more, what we do know is clear: The danger of polio is present in New York today,” Bassett said. “I’m really worried because, as we saw in 2015, there were poor vaccination rates in many communities,” he added, referring to the 2014–15 measles outbreak that began at Disneyland and spread across eight states, Canada and Mexico, transmitted mostly by unvaccinated people. The seven-month outbreak was the longest in the U.S. since 2000, according to a CDC report. Since then, the polio virus has been found in wastewater not only in two counties in the area where the patient lives but also, as of Friday, in New York City. Paralysis or weakness in the arms or legs can occur in 1 out of every 1,000 people infected with polio, Chin-Hong said. This makes sense, experts said, given the high numbers of travelers between Los Angeles and New York and because people can be contagious with polio while having no symptoms. “For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected.”

Un trabajador sanitario administra una vacuna contra la polio a un niño en Peshawar, Pakistán, el lunes 27 de junio de 2022. - Derechos de autor Muhammad Sajjad ...

La presencia del poliovirus también se había detectado en Londres, en su sistema de alcantarillado, y la capital puso en marcha un programa de refuerzo contra la polio para niños de 1 a 9 años. El virus de la polio se ha encontrado en las aguas residuales de la ciudad de Nueva York en otra señal de que la enfermedad, que no se había visto en Estados Unidos en una década, se está extendiendo silenciosamente entre las personas no vacunadas, dijeron el viernes las autoridades sanitarias. El regreso del virus de la polio a Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido alerta a los no vacunados