CDC on acute flaccid myelitis: ‘The number of cases reported in this time period in 2018 is similar to what was reported in the fall of 2014 and 2016’

During a press briefing today, Director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, Dr. Nancy Messonnier gave an update on the acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) update in the United States this year. "CDC has been actively investigating AFM, testing specimens and monitoring disease since 2014 when we first saw an increase in ["]

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