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509 - The Threat of Polio
Season 6 · Episode 509

509 - The Threat of Polio

Public Health On Call

August 24, 202222m 13s

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Show Notes

The first case of paralytic polio in New York in decades has focused attention on a devastating virus with a long and terrible history. Olakunle Alonge, an associate professor of international health at Johns Hopkins, who's worked on polio eradication efforts around the world, speaks to Josh Sharfstein about what's behind the rise in cases and how the world can defeat polio—forever.