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CDC Convenes Task Force to Investigate Rare Illness Paralyzing Kids Across the Country
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking things up a notch to investigate a mysterious polio-like disease that’s paralyzing young …
Public Health
CDC creates task force to study AFM, polio-like illness afflicting children
nydailynews.com - By Theresa Braine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is amping up efforts to solve the mystery of the polio-like illness known as Acute Flaccid …
CDC Confirms 16 More Cases Of AFM, Rare Polio-Like Illness
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The CDC has confirmed 16 more cases of a rare, polio-like illness that mostly affects children.This means there are now 106 …
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Father aims to improve CDC reporting of illnesses with 'polio-like' symptoms among children as AFM cases grow
ABC News - By Ayanna Gill
For the last two months, Jeremy Wilcox has been fighting for a diagnosis of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, for his son. "I've seen the good and bad …
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Newlywed paralysed after coming down with cold on honeymoon
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A newlywed couple have been put to the test after the groom was struck down with a paralysing illness just days after tying the knot. Adam and Bridget …
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106 Additional Cases of Polio-Like Illness Confirmed in 29 States
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More children have been diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, the polio-like paralyzing illness, according to numbers released Monday by the US …
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Newlywed, 30, struck down by polio-like illness on dream honeymoon on Lake Superior after coming down with a common cold
dailymail.co.uk - Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
A Wisconsin man was struck down with a rare polio-like illness just days after he got married. Adam and Bridget Spoerri, from Burnham Park, were on …
Chicago Tribune
Physiotherapy
An echo of polio: AFM paralyzes children and terrifies parents
Chicago Tribune - Editorial Board
The terror of polio is long past, thankfully. Most Americans don’t remember how that debilitating scourge swept through communities, often in the summer, crippling or killing children. But there’s an of
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CDC launches task force for polio-like disease as MORE cases emerge: Now 109 kids are confirmed sick and 167 are under investigation
dailymail.co.uk - Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com and Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Another 16 children have contracted the rare polio-like disease, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) - bringing the total number of confirmed cases this …
Fortune
Health
CDC Launches Task Force to Investigate Acute Flaccid Myelitis, a Mysterious Polio-Like Illness
Fortune - Brittany Shoot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching a task force to investigate and improve the treatment of the polio-like illness …
Pennsylvania
CDC creates task force to address 'modern polio' cases
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Updated 59 minutes ago The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established a task force to investigate an outbreak nationwide and in …
Public Health
CDC creates task force to find cause of spike in polio-like illness afflicting kids
washingtonexaminer.com - Robert King
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is putting together a task force aimed at finding and containing the cause of a spike of a rare …
Pennsylvania
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Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two additional suspected cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis are being reviewed in the Pittsburgh …
Mayo Clinic
What is infant botulism? New cases linked to honey pacifiers from Mexico
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The United States Food and Drug administration is warning parents that it is unsafe to give infants honey after four babies using pacifiers with …
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It might not be the flu…What you need know about the mysterious polio-like illness affecting children and young adults.
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Federal health officials are warning of an increase in cases of a mysterious but polio-like condition affecting children up to 18 years of age. It …
Polio
Mysterious polio-like virus also causes neurological symptoms
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Dear Dr. Roach • I am reading about an illness called acute flaccid myelitis that is baffling scientists. Isn’t this just polio renamed? — V.A. Answer …
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Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects various parts of your body or internal organs. It’s most commonly seen in the lungs or …
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Second case of rare paralyzing disease confirmed in South Carolina
thestate.com - By David Travis Bland
South Carolina health officials have confirmed another case of a rare, polio-like illness that mostly impacts children. The Department of Health and …
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CDC Doctors Say Mysterious Polio-Like Illness AFM Is on the Rise
Inverse
And they still don't know what causes it. Just as flu season begins, a strange new disease is rising in numbers in the US, and doctors still don’t …
Montana
Montana firefighters in California; wildfire costs tallied; Missoulians help in Florida; AFM makes appearance; more broadband
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A big bowl of chilled huckleberry-cranberry relish to the Montana firefighters who will be spending their Thanksgiving in California helping to fight …
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Boy Left Paralyzed By Polio-Like Disease Walks Again After Nerve Transplant Surgery
The Inquisitr - Helen Storms
A 6-year-old once thought never to walk again is given the best early Christmas gift. When 6-year-old Brandon Noblitt began showing signs of a cold …
Mayo Clinic
Author Correction: Neuroimmune disorders of the central nervous system in children in the molecular era
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Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA Elizabeth Wells • & William Gaillard Department of …
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Paralyzing Polio-Like Illness Still A Mystery Doctors: CDC
Patch - Beth Dalbey
At least 90 people in 27 states have come down with acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like illness. Health officials don't understand why.
Medicine
New Drug Option Fails for Rare Polio-Like Virus in Kids
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Despite initial hope, the antidepressant fluoxetine (multiple brands) failed to improve outcomes in children with enterovirus (EV) D68–associated …
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Heavy police presence in Enfield causes road closures
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The Enfield police department have confirmed a heavy police presence in... Read More » 2 mins ago Officials at a Connecticut nursing home called the …
New Jersey
Polio-like illness strikes 10 more, CDC says
philly.com - by Tom Avril,
Acute flaccid myelitis, a rare, polio-like condition marked by muscle weakness and paralysis in the limbs, has been confirmed in 10 additional …
Stormy Daniels
Slog PM: Lime Is Bringing Cars to Seattle This Week, California Is (Still) Burning, Stormy Daniels Loves Us
thestranger.com - by Nathalie Graham Nov 13, 2018 at 6:15 pm
You’ve heard of airpods, now get ready for… LimePods: Lime is breaking into the car-share market and they’re starting in Seattle. It’ll start with …
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Cancer Is On Cusp Of Overtaking Heart Disease As America’s No. 1 Killer
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Scientists are warning that Americans should undergo all recommended cancer screenings and adopt lifestyle prevention practices, such as healthy diet …
Home Invasion
PD: New Britain man arrested on strength of warrant after being shot in Hartford
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A rollover crash has closed lanes on Interstate 91 Northbound in Cromwell on... Read More » 33 mins ago A Connecticut man convicted of federal drug …
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Cases Of Mysterious Paralyzing Condition Continue To Increase, CDC Says
NPR - Rob Stein
The number of children being stricken by a mysterious paralyzing condition continues to increase, federal officials say. At least 252 cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, have been reported to the