Polio Basics

The best way to prevent polio is for all children to be fully vaccinated on time. The inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) protects against polio.

• Polio Facts
  Fact sheet with general information about polio, including symptoms, complications, tests, and treatment.
• CDC: Polio Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know
  Basic information about polio from the CDC.
• CDC: Polio VIS
  CDC Vaccine Information Statement (VIS); includes a description of the disease, who should get the vaccine and when, who should not be vaccinated, and potential side effects.