The Associated Press has reported a case of polio in Rockland County, NY. Based on available data, health officials there say the person contracted polio via someone who received a live version of the polio vaccine.
The news comes after traces of poliovirus were found in sewage samples at a treatment facility on the outskirts of London.
The last case of polio in the US was in 2013. In the current case, health experts traced the infection to travel.
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