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Senior Moderator
By Jacque Wilson, CNN
updated 11:27 AM EDT, Mon September 8, 2014
(CNN) -- Hundreds of children across the United States have been hospitalized with a serious respiratory illness. Scientists say they believe the bug to blame is Enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68.
Enteroviruses are common, especially in September, but this particular type is not. There have been fewer than 100 cases recorded since it was identified in the 1960s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here's what you need to know as a parent:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/health/enterovirus-d68-symptoms/
updated 11:27 AM EDT, Mon September 8, 2014
(CNN) -- Hundreds of children across the United States have been hospitalized with a serious respiratory illness. Scientists say they believe the bug to blame is Enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68.
Enteroviruses are common, especially in September, but this particular type is not. There have been fewer than 100 cases recorded since it was identified in the 1960s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here's what you need to know as a parent:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/health/enterovirus-d68-symptoms/