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Prevention of Polio in points.

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Polio Prevention:

There's no cure for polio, but a vaccine allows your body to fight off the virus.

Before the vaccine became available in the 1950s, the virus paralyzed thousands of people each year. By the 1970s, because many people had the vaccine, there were fewer than 10 cases of polio in the U.S.

There are two types of the vaccine:

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). You get this as a shot in either your leg or your arm.

Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). This is an older form of the vaccine that’s still used around the world.

Today, kids in the U.S. often get four doses of the IPV vaccine, one dose each at ages:

  • 2 months
  • 4 months
  • Between 6 and 18 months
  • Between 4 and 6 years


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