US Officials Say 2 More Places Will Test Sewage for Polio

US Officials Say 2 More Places Will Test Sewage for Polio
Ryan Dupont, Utah State University Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, collects sewage samples from the dorms at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, on Sept. 2, 2020, to test for COVID-19. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the communities will test for polio in sewage for at least four months. Communities in New York state began testing earlier this year after a man was diagnosed with paralytic polio outside New York City.