Polio

Four young children wait to be immunised against polio after a pandemic hit the UK in the 1940s and 1950s (Photo by Terry Fincher/Getty Images)

Long Covid shows need to learn from 'long polio' that still blights lives in UK

If polio infects cells in the Central Nervous System, it can then replicate in motor neurons in the brain stem.

Polio is back: UK Public health officials declared a national incident

People are being urged to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date after an outbreak of the virus was detected in UK sewage samples.

Polio outbreak detected in UK

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