Editing Polio (section)

==== Americas ====
The [[Americas]] were declared polio-free in 1994.<ref name=MMWR_1994>{{cite journal | title = Certification of poliomyelitis eradication—the Americas, 1994 | journal = MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | volume = 43 | issue = 39 | pages = 720–2 | date = October 1994 | pmid = 7522302 | url = https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00032760.htm | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170521163051/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00032760.htm | archive-date = 21 May 2017 | author1 = Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) }}</ref> The last known case was a boy in [[Peru]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/polio-declared-eliminated-americas|title=Polio Declared Eliminated from the Americas &#124; History of Vaccines|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709100144/https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/polio-declared-eliminated-americas}}</ref> The US [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] recommends polio vaccination boosters for travelers and those who live in countries where the disease is endemic.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2014 |title=Guidance to US Clinicians Regarding New WHO Polio Vaccination Requirements for Travel by Residents of and Long-term Visitors to Countries with Active Polio Transmission |url=http://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00362.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604000158/http://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00362.asp |archive-date=4 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014 |website=CDC}}</ref>

In July 2022, the US state of [[New York (state)|New York]] reported a polio case for the first time in almost a decade in the country; this was attributed to a vaccine-derived strain of the virus.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kimball |first=Spencer |title=How polio came back to New York for the first time in decades, silently spread and left a patient paralyzed |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/04/how-polio-silently-spread-in-new-york-and-left-a-person-paralyzed.html |access-date=2022-11-15 |publisher=CNBC |date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115092909/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/04/how-polio-silently-spread-in-new-york-and-left-a-person-paralyzed.html |url-status=live}}</ref>