the unvaccinated young adult lives in rockland county, new york. the patient developed paralysis and did not travel recently outside of thentry. officials say that the person is no longer contagious. >> we are now surveying the family and close contacts of this individual to assess the risk to the community. we stress that those who are fully vaccinated with a three-dose series are at very low risk. >> investigators are trying to figure out how the infection occurred. health officials in rockland county have scheduled vaccination clinics for anyone who might have been exposed. >>> and in washington, the house passed a bill to ensure access to contraception nationwide. all democrats and eight republicans voted in favor of the measure, but it is unlikely to pass in the senate. the proposal would protect a range of contraceptive methods and ensure health care providers have a right to provide contraception services to patients. it is the latest move by democrats following the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. >>> well, some frightening

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health officials in rockland county say an unvaccinated young adult, contracted polio and developed paralysis. it can infect a person's spinal cord and lead to disability, even death. it was eliminated in the u.s. in 1979. while the threat to the general public is basically zero, there are concerns for undervaccinated communities. >> we have very, very high vaccination rates in the united states against polio, well over 90%. we have communities scattered across the country that are undervaccinated. and these diseases continue to exist in other parts of the world. >> doctors now urging anyone who has not been vaccinated against polio to do so to prevent the spread of that highly contagious disease. >>> both johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard are appealing the verdict in their recent defamation trial. last month a jury awarded $15 million in damages to depp, ruling that heard defamed him when she wrote an op-ed detailing her experiences as a domestic violence survivor. heard said the court meader roars that prevented a fair verdict. depp is also suing a countersuit that awarded $2 million

. >> sandra: officials in rockland county, new york have confirmed the first case of polio in the unitedin a decade. investigators are trying to piece together how the infection occurred and whether others were exposed to it. let's go to lauren green with the latest on this. what are we learning, lauren? >> health officials emphasize the person is no longer contagious and has been released from the hospital. the current concern is hough it got here. investigation is underway. the 24-year-old unvaccinated man traveled to poland and hungary earlier this years and developed paralysis in june. he could have come in contact with a live virus used as part of a vaccine only administered in other parts of the world. >> there is an oral polio vaccine not used in the united states that in rare circumstances can revert to a form that can cause infection. in the places where it's used the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks and anyone who is vaccinated is protected against this. >> polio was once the most feared disease around the world affecting mostly children and young adults. it cause

and what happened in this particular case, this is rockland county, new york. e headlines right before covid when they had a big measles outbreak. largely due to the hasidic jewish population, very low vaccination rates, i believe in 2019 about 8% vaccination rate among children. gentleman who tested positive for polio right now is also unvaccinated, but this is the important part here, john, that we have to pay attention to. he tested positive to something called type two vaccine derived polio virus. the virus came from someone who took the oral polio vaccine. oral polio vaccine is no longer used in the united states, since about the year 2,000. here we use a different one. it uses a live virus and sometimes, not often but very rarely it can be transmitted to someone else, that virus mutates and can actually infect people. now, the one that we use here in the united states uses a dead polio virus, so no risk of doing that. but the oral polio vaccine is much cheaper and used in large parts of the world, so likely this individual got it from someone either while

the case in a rockland county resident is the first in the u.s. in nearly a decade.ate officials said it appears the person had a vaccine derived strain of the virus. dan: san francisco's supervisor criticizes the federal government's response to a growing number of monkeypox infections and compared it to the slow government response to the aids crisis. speaking at a supervisors committee, he said the government was slow to distribute mucky box vaccines. san francisco has seen 141 infections so far, including 55 new cases on tuesday alone. >> they seem to have done the bare minimum, being dragged along each step of the way, and turned out -- and when what turned out to be a woefully inadequate response, where we have significant community spread. dan: san francisco is offering appointments for monkeypox vaccines. there is also a drop in clinic at san francisco general hospital, although that has seen extremely long wait times. you should know that. we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, including vaccines and treatment. go to our website, abc7news.com.

patient is unvaccinated young adult from rockland county who developed paralysis.ntagious. investigators are trying to figure out whether other people were exposed to the virus. state health officials in new york scheduled polio vaccination clinics as part of the response. polio, of course, was one of the nation's most feared diseases with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases paralysis, many of them in children. there are increasing concerns tonight about china's growing influence, not just in the pacific region but here in the u.s. north dakota's senators and others are sounding the alarm about china's investment into land, just a dozen miles from a crucial defense facility in their state. correspondent gillian turner has the story. >> we have to be extremely aggressive about screening all chinese money that comes into the country. >> a group of republican senators is demanding the treasury secretary reconsider a deal allowing a chinese company to purchase 370 acres of north dakota farmland just 12 miles from a sensitive air force base. >> we're not despera

a 20 year old unvaccinated men from rockland county, new york, recently contracted polio. the person is no longer contagious, but investigators are trying to figure out just how the infection happened. whether other people were exposed to the virus. this is the first case in nearly a decade, the virus spread through fecal matter contaminated water or food or drink that goes into the mouth. polio was once one of the nation's most feared diseases until a vaccine was developed in 1955. before then the outbreaks caused paralysis or death in severe cases. back in 1979, the disease was declared mostly eliminated because it was no longer spreading routinely and no new cases of polio originated in the us that is still around decades after the vaccine was created. shows you how well relentless this disease can be. most americans are vaccinated against the virus as children, according to the cdc. 93% of toddlers have received the necessary doses of the inactivated polio maxine for those still unvaccinated, health officials say, roll up those sleeves in order to stop any more possibi

developing news out of new york state where officials have reported a polio case the case in a rockland county resident is the first in the us in nearly a decade state officials. say it appeared the person had a vaccine derived strain of the virus like vaccines are available and other countries, but not the us. the family of a man who was killed at a livermore bowling alley is talking about the toll that deadly shooting has had on their family 28 year old antonio vargas was killed this past weekend during an argument at granada bowl vargas was a daca recipient who owned a carpet cleaning business. this is the last photo his parents took of vargas a few days before the shooting. they thank the community for their support and for helping police capture the suspected shooter novels and thimo solos payroll estamos total estrozados como estas no uniquo livermore police say they got a tip on the suspected gunman's whereabouts and they arrested 27 year old roger alemon garcia yesterday. he's facing murder as well as other charges police in oakland are searching for a man accused of trying to kidnap a

the first case of polio in nearly a decade was confirmed in an unvaccinated 20-year-old man in rockland countyw york. he was hospitalized back in june. are there other cases, and if he was infected in june, why are we only now hearing about it? >> this is a place where the cdc is working with the department of health. it is an unvaccinated individual. thankfully, most americans are vaccinated against polio. most of the world is vaccinated against polio. if, obviously, you are not vaccinated against polio, critically important. >> i have a small child. it takes time to get fully vaccinated. should i be concerned that there are polio cases spreading in new york and in the united states? >> there is a lot of surveillance that we to for polio. wastewater surveillance goes on. we are not seeing out of bbreak polio. again, so many americans are vaccinated against this. >> dr. jha, thank you for your time. "face the nation" will be back in a moment. stay with us. th magic eraser and photograph all skin tones accurately with real tone google pixel 6a switch it up, and get the all new google pixel 6a.

investigators are trying to figure out how this patient got infected. 20 year old unvaccinated men from rockland county, new york, recently contracted polio. the person is no longer contagious, but investigators are trying to figure out just how the infection happened and whether other people were exposed to the virus. this is the first case in nearly a decade, the virus spreads through fecal matter contaminated water. food or drink that goes into the mouth. polio was once one of the nation's most feared diseases until a vaccine was developed in 1955. before then the outbreaks caused paralysis or death in severe cases. back in 1979, the disease was declared mostly eliminated because it was no longer spreading routinely and no new cases of polio originated in the us that is still around decades. anthony vaccine was created. shows you how relentless this disease can be. most americans are vaccinated against the virus as children, according to the cdc. 93% of toddlers have received the necessary doses of the inactivated polio maxine for those still unvaccinated, health officials say, roll up those sleeves

rockland county is a hot bed for anti-vaxers and i want to point out supposedly for religious reasonshe in activated one, totally safe. kids should get it. stuart: but it's true to say a lot of children in america today are not being vaccinated against polio because of the anti-vax movement. have they got a lot of influence here? >> yes, you just said that exactly right. it's a growing problem and a lot of pediatricians are worried about it. i'll tell you the most graphic thing i ever heard. pediatric infectious disease experts said to me cemeteries used to have tomb stones of young children from vaccine- preventable diseases including polio and measles. we better not go back there and you are right. certain hot beds are refusing vaccines for their children. polio is hugely important. hugely important. you rebel advice pressly getting it publicly. that was the heyday of vaccine compliance. we need to get back to it. stuart: i remember getting that vaccination myself many many years ago. dr. siegel thanks a lot. we'll see you again later. thank you, stu. stuart: almost 11:55 you know w

travelled from overseas, and there could be other cases that's why you're seeing an effort in rockland countyed this particular count has had a low vaccination rate historically in recent years they had a very big outbreak, 312 kids were infected with measles between 2018 and 2019. there is risk in this particular region of the country. >> and how much should we worry more broadly, though >> i think what we should be worried about is declining polio vaccination in pockets of the country that could create the potential for clusters of illness. this is a highly-contagious virus. i think from this single case, given the fact that it occurred in june, there haven't been any more cases discover. this probably isn't the leading edge of an outbreak, but it evidences the risk that we face as vaccination rates decline >> hey, scott, most people are vaccinated for this, right most kids are protected? it's part of the normal vaccination regime >> most kids in the united states received ipv, the injected polio vaccine post people are protected but the kids who tend not to be vaccinated tend to be cluster

almost 10 years has been reported in new york officials say the unvaccinated young adult lives in rockland countyhich is just outside new york city. the patient did not recently travel outside the country and is no longer deemed contagious. they did have symptoms about a month ago, then developed paralysis. there's no cure for polio, and any paralysis is permanent. this is the first reported case since 2013. time is now for 16, the u . s senate will soon vote on the bill that would make the right to use contraceptives. law house passed a bill which explicitly allows the use of contraceptives and gives the medical community the right to provide them. the legislation is the latest in a response to concerns that the u. s. supreme court ruling could take away other reproductive rights after overturning the right to an abortion. we knew that if you are rejecting privacy in the constitution and object rejecting president in the court in a dangerous situation. the contraceptive bill passed to 28 to 1 95 mainly along party lines. now it goes to the u. s senate, where it seems unlikely that it will advanc