Healthy Diet for Autism
JUDY WOODRUFF: For the past few years, a mysterious polio-like illness has been paralyzing children in the United States, often striking after a mild illness, peaking every other year, and reaching record highs in 2018. It’s called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. While it’s extremely rare, cases were reported in 39 states last year. But…
IT’S NOT CONFIRMED YET, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST POSSIBLE CASE OF ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS IN OUR AREA. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORTS A GROWING NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF THE ILLNESS.>>90% OF THE CASES ARE IN THOSE LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE. CHILDREN. MOLLIE: AFM IS RARE BUT SERIOUS. ACCORDING…
A POLIO LIKE ILLNESS BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN NORTH TEXAS . IT IS CALLED ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS . IT’S A VERY FRIGHTENING . DOCTORS ARE TELLING PARENTS TO REMAIN CALM . THEY SAID FOR THEM VAST MAJORITY OF CHILDREN YOU CAN BE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AND NOT KNOW IT . FOR…