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Mysterious polio-like illness claims life of young boy; cases on the rise
Mysterious polio-like illness claims life of young boy; cases on the rise
A six-year-old boy from Washington died after falling ill from a mysterious polio-like illness that has affected seven other children in the US state and dozens more across the country, CBS News reported.Daniel Ramirez was rushed to Seattle Children's Hospital last month with an unknown virus that caused his brain to swell.According to a GoFundMe page set up by his family, he was put into a medically induced coma, which doctors hoped would help his brain heal.But on Monday morning, his family announced that Daniel lost his battle to the virus.
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Number of hospitalizations linked to polio-like illness jumps to 9 after 1 child dies
Number of hospitalizations linked to polio-like illness jumps to 9 after 1 child dies
Washington health officials said Tuesday that they are investigating a cluster of polio-like illnesses in the state, as nine children have now been hospitalized and a 6-year-old boy has died.The Seattle Times reported that a spokeswoman for the state's health department confirmed two of the nine children hospitalzed tested positive for a rare virus known as acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.The department says the children all had loss of strength or movement in one or more of their limbs.In October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a rise in AFM cases from 2015 to 2016.
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