The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently asked health departments and clinicians to watch for symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis in kids, especially through November. That's when enteroviruses are most ...
Sep 28, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Surveillance data for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) suggests a viral etiology, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in Pediatrics.
Oct 7, 2019
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Minnesota, which found itself at the center of a national mystery over the rare polio-like disorder known as AFM last year, has reported no cases so far in 2019.
Jul 16, 2019
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At least two children who have been diagnosed with a rare but serious condition that weakens muscles and limits mobility are being treated in Chicago, according to Lurie Children's Hospital.
Oct 12, 2018
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Researchers have been searching for possible treatments for the polio-like illness causing paralysis in children, called acute flaccid myelitis. But a new study shows no signal of efficacy for one potential treatment, the ...
Nov 9, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The outbreaks of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) and acute flaccid myelitis (AMF) that were expected in 2020 did not occur, according to a study published in the March 10 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
Mar 18, 2021
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In late summer 2022, for children and adolescents, there was an increase in acute respiratory illness (ARI) resulting from enterovirus (EV)-D68 in the United States, according to research published in the Sept. 27 early-release ...
Sep 30, 2022
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Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers will lead a multicenter, multinational study of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the "poliolike" condition affecting children that causes loss ...
Jul 23, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Last October, 15-year-old Alec Woodruff developed a strange-sounding cough. Less than a week later, he was fighting for his life in the hospital, partially paralyzed and with a tube in his throat attached to ...
Dec 12, 2019
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One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping.
Apr 2, 2019
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