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Washington investigating children partially paralyzed with polio-like virus
Posted: Oct 11, 2018 5:24 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 11, 2018 5:24 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. -
The Washington State Department of Health is investigating reports of six children hospitalized with sudden onset of paralysis of one or more limbs.
The Department of Health is working with local health agencies and experts from the CDC for confirmation of a rare illness known as acute flaccid myelitis.
The cases involve infants and children under the age of six who all reportedly had a respiratory illness in the week prior to developing symptoms. Four of the five children had a fever of 100.4 or greater.
All of the cases have been reported on the west side of the state, with two children in King County and one child in Pierce County, Lewis County and Snohomish County. An additional possible case was reported out of Skagit County on Thursday...
Washington investigating children partially paralyzed with polio-like virus
Posted: Oct 11, 2018 5:24 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 11, 2018 5:24 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. -
The Washington State Department of Health is investigating reports of six children hospitalized with sudden onset of paralysis of one or more limbs.
The Department of Health is working with local health agencies and experts from the CDC for confirmation of a rare illness known as acute flaccid myelitis.
The cases involve infants and children under the age of six who all reportedly had a respiratory illness in the week prior to developing symptoms. Four of the five children had a fever of 100.4 or greater.
All of the cases have been reported on the west side of the state, with two children in King County and one child in Pierce County, Lewis County and Snohomish County. An additional possible case was reported out of Skagit County on Thursday...