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Weekly Medical Briefs: 09-15-22

Weekly Medical Briefs September 15, 2022 NY State of Emergency on Polio OutbreakNew York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday over the growing polio outbreak, in an effort to better equip health care providers with tools to curb the spread of the sometimes disabling virus before it takes further hold in the state. New York Times – 9/9/22 Sept. 9 Skin Test to Detect Alzheimer’sA report given at the Alzheimer’s Association Inter-national Conference suggests that a…
September 16, 2022
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Health Department Highlights Importance of Polio Vaccination

Health Department Highlights Importance of Polio Vaccination With Polio spreading from a case of a non-vaccinated individual in Rockland County, NY, the Otsego County Department of Health are highlighting the importance of vaccinating local children against this potentially debilitating disease. ‘Polio is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spread from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis’ said the department in a press release. With the school year beginning in…
August 26, 2022

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