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[ad_1] Health investigators are trying to understand how some children in Minnesota have contracted a rare disease with symptoms similar to polio. Since September 20, at least six children in Minnesota have …
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[ad_1] The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating an outbreak of a rare but potentially fatal disease called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) after six children in that state had been diagnosed. …
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