[ad_1] Armando L. Sanchez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images David Kulakowski, 38, and Jessica Kulakowski, 31, watch their son Chase Kulakowski, age 3, play at their home in Dyer, Indiana …
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[ad_1] A nurse prepares a pertussis vaccine. The pertussis vaccine is given to children in combination with the diphtheria and tetanus vaccine (DTaP) in a series of five doses and protects children …
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[ad_1] The number of American children with acute flaccid myelitis (AM) continues to grow and federal health officials still do not know what triggers polio-like paralysis characterized by sudden weakness or loss …
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[ad_1] Action points The antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) did not improve muscle strength in children with acute flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus (EV) D68, a rare polio-like disease. Note that the CDC reported …
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[ad_1] Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare condition that causes weakness in the limbs, trouble breathing, drooping eyelids and, in extreme cases, paralysis.(Katja Kirche/Getty Images) A rare polio-like illness that most often …
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[ad_1] Doctors in St. Louis are launching a special surgical operation to help children regain movement and feel paralyzed limbs as a result of contracting a rare virus similar to polio. Dr. …
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[ad_1] Brian Noblitt says it only took one week for his son Brandon’s health to deteriorate in 2016. “One Saturday we played baseball, everything was normal,” he told correspondent Adriana Diaz. “Tuesday …
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[ad_1] 0 Acute flaccid myelitis: mother travels to California to fight a polio-like illness BREMERTON, Wash. – A devastating disease infects children across the country. A mother in the state of Washington …
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[ad_1] The Washington State Department of Health says there are five confirmed cases of acute myelitis flaccid, a rare condition that often causes sudden onset weakness. The Department of Health was only …
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[ad_1] The Texas State Department Health Services announced Tuesday that three people, two from Travis County and one from Hays County, had developed an acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). So far this year, …
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