Eradicating polio

This week, we're exploring polio: a highly infectious viral disease that can attack the nervous system and cause paralysis, mainly in young children. Polio has been pushed to the brink of elimination thanks to global vaccination efforts - but it still persists. In this episode, we'll look at what polio is, how vaccines have helped control it, where the virus still exists today, and whether it can finally be eradicated... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Eradicating polio is an episode from The Naked Scientists Podcast by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 00:31:18 long.

This episode was published on Mar 10, 2026.

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