Join our guests Allison Gorman, MD (Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell) and Sallie Permar, MD, PhD (Nancy C Paduano Professor and Chair of Pediatrics and Professor of Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis at Weill Cornell) as they discuss the recent poliovirus case in New York and approaching vaccine hesitant families.

References and links from the podcast:

• MMWR from Aug 19, 2022 / 71(33);1065-1068, Public Health Response to a Case of Paralytic Poliomyelitis in an Unvaccinated Person and Detection of Poliovirus in Wastewater
• NYC Health Polio Vaccination Coverage Map available on this page
• PIDS Comprehensive Vaccine Education Program (CVEP)
• American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children webpage
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center
• Nemours Children’s KidsHealth
• STAT News Op Ed from Dr. Permar, Polio in New York: A call to action for U.S. pediatricians and public health to work together

Moderated and edited by Sara Dong, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital)