A CDC doctor said the agency was working hard to find the cause of the outbreaks Since 2014, there have been 396 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis, which resembles polio and causes paralysis ...
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in children. The public health agency said ...
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) typically spikes in the late summer to early fall "season," but federal health officials are already warning clinicians to be on high alert for the paralyzing disorder, ...
(KDKA/CNN) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has escalated its response to the illness that's struck children in 29 states, increasing the number of disease detectives in its ...
The CDC has said it expects an outbreak of the potentially deadly neurological and respiratory disease to erupt later this month. The disease, acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, often resurfaces in waves ...