MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – When some children are back to school, there is another virus to look out for. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of an expected peak in acute flat myelitis, or AFM – a polio-like disease that affects children. It was July of 2018, and Minneapolis’s …
Read More »Michigan confirms first 2020 case of a rare ‘polio-like’ disease in a Macomb County child
DETROIT – Michigan has confirmed its first case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2020, a rare condition that attacks the nervous system, specifically in children. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) confirmed the first case in a child in Macomb County. Two other possible cases are …
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