The world is closer than ever to eradicating polio, the horrible disease that inflicts paralysis on its primarily young victims. It's not far-fetched to say that very soon the world will see its last polio case.
But the tail end of the eradication efforts has been threatened by the very thing that made eradication programs a success: the vaccines themselves, which — in rare instances — can cause small outbreaks.
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