In Nassau, the polio vaccination rate for children under the age of 2 is around 79 percent. In New York City, around 86 percent of children who are 5 and under are vaccinated.

Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered an emergency expansion of the state's polio vaccination efforts Friday after scientists detected the crippling and potentially deadly virus in Long Island wastewater.

Gov. Hochul announced new steps to combat the outbreak of polio in several suburban New York counties and New York City. The governor said on Wednesday that fresh measures would bolster coordinatio… ...

Most adults don’t need to get the polio vaccine since they likely received it as children in the U.S. All 50 states require the polio vaccination to attend school.

There is no cure for polio, but widespread vaccination has proved to be an effective prevention strategy. No cases have originated in the United States since 1979, and before July, there hadn’t ...

Gov. Hochul declares state disaster emergency to expand polio vaccines 00:27 NEW YORK -- Gov. Kathy Hochul is declaring a state disaster emergency to expand New York's polio vaccination efforts.

ALBANY — New York declared a state of emergency on Friday to boost vaccinations against polio. Gov. Hochul issued an executive order expanding the state’s network of vaccine administrat… ...

The vaccination rate against polio among 2-year-old children in New York is 79 percent and “significantly less than that in several counties and zip codes,” according to the governor’s office.

Most adults don’t need to get the polio vaccine since they likely received it as children in the U.S. All 50 states require the polio vaccination to attend school.

Most adults don’t need to get the polio vaccine since they likely received it as children in the U.S. All 50 states require the polio vaccination to attend school.

Most adults don’t need to get the polio vaccine since they likely received it as children in the U.S. All 50 states require the polio vaccination to attend school.

Most adults don’t need to get the polio vaccine since they likely received it as children in the U.S. All 50 states require the polio vaccination to attend school.