How search for Osama bin Laden led to polio resurgence

U.S. Reacts To Death Of Osama Bin Laden
A passerby looked at newspaper headlines reporting the death of Osama Bin Laden, in front of the Newseum, on May 2, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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A series of stories running on National Geographic details the resurgence of polio and its connection to the U.S. effort to find and capture Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

MPR News' Tom Crann talks with Tim McGirk, an investigative reporter who worked on the series.

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