The CDC is investigating about 160 additional reports of children with possible acute flaccid myelitis, but are still puzzled by the sudden spike in cases, according to STAT. Health officials have ...

Researchers found evidence of what might cause acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, a rare polio-like illness that affects children. According to a study published Monday in the journal Nature ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I had polio as a child. Now, at the age of 48, I am experiencing increasing fatigue, weakness and muscle pain. Could this be post-polio syndrome?

Scientists are sure that infantile paralysis is caused by a virus. They have long known where to look for it—in the brain and spinal cord. But isolation of the elusive virus itself has led ...

Researchers have pinpointed enterovirus as the likely cause of acute flaccid myelitis, the polio-like condition affecting young children across the country, ...

Polio has been a common childhood vaccine since the 1950s, but do adults need a polio booster? What about if you’re planning to travel? Infectious disease experts break it down.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Report on Pediatrics ...