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What you should know about the re-emergence of polio

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Researcher Ilhem Messaoudi on April 15, 2022 . Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKphoto
Mark Cornelison | UKphoto/Mark Cornelison | UKphoto
Researcher Ilhem Messaoudi on April 15, 2022 . Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKphoto

With the recent discovery of the polio virus in the water supply in New York state, how worried should Kentuckians be of a possible new outbreak of a disease long thought eradicated? Dr. Greg talks polio and vaccination with Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., a UK College of Medicine immunology and virology expert who serves as chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics.