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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

INSANE: What are the symptoms of polio - The Real Truth

ASSOCIATED PRESS

For the first time in nearly a decade, polio has been found infecting an American.

Though the virus was effectively eradicated in the 1970s following the success of Jonas Salk's vaccine — which has been developed around 20 years prior — an unvaccinated young adult was infected a little over a month ago.

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