Poliovirus has turned up in wastewater in the United States, the UK and Israel. 

Authorities are concerned as the incredibly debilitating disease was thought to be fully eradicated in these countries. 

Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Matthew Agius about the re-emergence of polio, how it’s back and if we’re in store for an Australian outbreak.

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