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The first incidence of polio in the United States since 2013 was reported by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The American resident, who has paralysis and weakened muscles, was not immunized. Prior to the development of secure and reliable vaccinations in the middle of the 20th century, polio was a frequent cause of childhood paralysis. Polio has nearly been eliminated as a result of international immunization initiatives. Only 13 endemic wild poliovirus infections have been recorded globally so far in 2022. According to reports, a kind of polio that the New York patient developed can be linked to the live but weakened poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccination. Since 2000, the United States has not employed this particular vaccination. Health experts said the virus that was infecting the male patient most likely came from a country where oral vaccinations are still used. Specialist in infectious diseases and head of the Polio Research Committee for the World Health...