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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Virus Probed In Paralysis Cases In 9 Colorado Kids

Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday sent doctors an alert about the polio-like cases and said the germ -- enterovirus 68 -- was detected in four out of eight of the sick children who had a certain medical test. The status of the ninth case is unclear.

The virus can cause paralysis but other germs can, too. Health officials don't know whether the virus caused any of the children's arm and leg weaknesses or whether it's just a germ they coincidentally picked up.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Add disease and suffering to the list of atrocities against America committed by our first muslim president.

Anonymous said...

It amazes me that doctors who are watching untold thousands of undocumented children from all over the world pour across our border without health screenings getting distributed to thousands of housing facilities across the country can't seem to put two and two together.

It really says a lot for our educational system in this country.

Why is it as plain as the nose on my face to me?