CNN: AFM: CDC Identifies 31 States with 116 Confirmed Cases of Polio-Like Disease

Currently, there is a total of 286 cases of a rare polio-like disease called acute flaccid myelitis that can be found across 31 states. The average age of acquisition is 5 years old, and the patient will have a fever and cough about 3 to 10 days before the onset of paralysis. Since 2014, every other fall there has been a spike in cases. However, there is still only a one or two in a million chance that a child will fall ill to it.

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