What You Need to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis, the Polio-Like Disease That's Spreading in Kids
The rapid spreading of a poliomyelitis - like disease across the U.S. is causing headache within the medical community . Since the start of 2018 , there have been 127 reported cases of acute flaccid myelitis ( AFM ) , with 62 of those cases confirmed in 22 states , NBCreports . Unlike acute anterior poliomyelitis , there ’s no vaccine for AFM , and doctors are n’t entirely sure what causes it or how it diffuse ....