Considered by public health officials to be one of the greatest success stories of recent history, the polio vaccine is currently the subject of a petition by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer to withdraw FDA approval for the shots.
The issue is garnering public attention because petition filer Aaron Siri is reportedly advising Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, on filling top jobs despite a history of vaccine opposition.
Northeastern Global News talked to Northeastern University public health expert Neil Maniar about how the polio vaccine works, the different types of polio vaccines, and what it will take to eradicate the disease.
