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Two Israeli children contract enterovirus-68
Both children have been discharged after coming down with virus that can cause breathing problems and paralysis and has caused health scare in the U.S.
By Ido Efrati | Nov. 17, 2014 | 8:54 PM
Two Israeli children have contracted a contagious virus that has sparked a health scare in the United States, where more than 1,000 people have been infected in recent months by enterovirus-68, which can cause respiratory difficulty and occasionally paralysis, Health Ministry officials said yesterday.
The cases were identified last month and the children, both under 10, have since been discharged from Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where they were treated for breathing difficulties. No new cases have been reported in Israel since then...
Two Israeli children contract enterovirus-68
Both children have been discharged after coming down with virus that can cause breathing problems and paralysis and has caused health scare in the U.S.
By Ido Efrati | Nov. 17, 2014 | 8:54 PM
Two Israeli children have contracted a contagious virus that has sparked a health scare in the United States, where more than 1,000 people have been infected in recent months by enterovirus-68, which can cause respiratory difficulty and occasionally paralysis, Health Ministry officials said yesterday.
The cases were identified last month and the children, both under 10, have since been discharged from Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where they were treated for breathing difficulties. No new cases have been reported in Israel since then...