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CDC expects 2020 to be 'another peak year' for acute flaccid myelitis cases

from The Highland County Press

CDC expects 2020 to be 'another peak year' for acute flaccid myelitis cases The Highland County Press CDC released a new CDC Vital Signs report to alert healthcare providers to a possible outbreak this year. This Vital Signs report reveals a delay in care for some patients in 2018: 35 percent of patients were not hospitalized until two or more days after limb weakness. AFM can progress rapidly over the course of hours or days, leading to permanent paralysis and/or the life-threatening complication of respiratory failure in previously healthy patients, so delays in care can be serious. READ MORE

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