Recent Polio Outbreaks Derived From Vaccines, But Efforts To Eliminate Wild Poliovirus Are On Track.

July 10, 2018

CNN (7/10, Howard) reports on its website that live strains of the polio virus used in the oral poliovirus vaccine “can mutate, spread and, in rare cases, even trigger an outbreak, representing a catch-22 in ongoing polio eradication endeavors.” Accordin...