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Leonard Weiner, MD, is a distinguished service professor of pediatrics and specializes in pediatric infectious diseases at Upstate.
Leonard Weiner, MD, is a distinguished service professor of pediatrics and specializes in pediatric infectious diseases at Upstate.

Polio's threat can be easily overcome by readily available vaccine

The reemergence of polio in the United States is explained and put into perspective by Leonard Weiner, MD, the senior member of the pediatric infectious disease team at Upstate. Weiner treated patients with polio early in his career, when the now-obscure disease was more common. He discusses how the current cases have occurred and stresses the protection and safety offered by the available polio vaccine. He is a professor of pediatrics and pathology and specializes in pediatric infectious diseases.

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