myelitis

Authorities confirm rare polio-like virus is now in 22 States – issue urgent warning to parents

Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said: “We understand that people, particularly parents, are concerned about AFM.” Messonnier also said that officials have so far been unable to find the ...

Doctors issue grave warning over polio-like disease infecting U.S. children

As per reports, the cases in both Minnesota and Colorado are a distinct type of myelitis called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. Believed to be triggered by a virus, myelitis is a type of autoimmune ...