The polio virus vaccine, introduced in 1955, is 99% effective. In 1994, the WHO declared the Americas polio-free. Before the vaccine, nearly 16,000 cases were diagnosed annually, which led to severe disabilities, including paralysis, in children.
CDC scientist extracting viral RNA from samples of poliovirus genetic material for molecular testing. With polio cases reappearing in the United States after decades of it being eliminated, the Alabama Department of Public Health is urging families to make sure children are vaccinated against the disease.
Among school-aged children, polio vaccinations have decreased by 10% from 2019-21 and by 9% for kids aged 0-3 years old. From 2019 to 2021, child vaccination rates for 16 diseases that are routinely vaccinated against dropped by 26% statewide. Dr. Katrina Skinner, a pediatrician and president of the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,that while her practice did see an initial decline in visits in the first few months of the pandemic, impacting vaccination rates among her patients, she said she also has noticed increasing vaccine hesitancy among the families she cares for.
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