Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Found in California Children

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Researchers say the cases were first reported by doctors in 2012. The children all have paralysis of one or more arms or legs, and their symptoms have not improved much, despite treatment.

All of the children had been vaccinated against polio. Health officials say as many as 20 children may have been affected so far.

Polio has been eradicated from the United States and most of the rest of the world, but other viruses can also injure the spine, leading to paralysis. Researcher Keith Van Haren of Stanford University in California says that in the past 10 years several strains of enterovirus have been linked to polio-like outbreaks among children in Australia and other parts of Asia.

A report on the U.S. outbreak will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in Philadelphia in April.

http://www.voanews.com/content/mysterious-poliolike-illness-found-in-california-children/1857794.html

[stevenleser]

1. Frightening.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. The GOP has a solution !

Ban California children.