Polio should have been eradicated by now. What’s plan B?
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Polio should have been eradicated by now. What’s plan B?
Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02229-6Amid funding cuts and political barriers, researchers are asking whether the campaign can ever succeed, and what to do next.
The campaign to eradicate polio is apparently a great success: it has reduced the cases of the disease by 99.98 % since its inception almost 40 years ago. However, the virus is persistent and, in the last decade, the total eradication targets have not been met repeatedly. Some researchers doubt [...] The entry SCIENCIA BREVE: Is it possible to eradicate polio? was first published in AgendAR.
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