A panicked parent calls. Her vigorous, active toddler was recovering from a cold when he suddenly began to have trouble walking, crying as though in pain. His face "looks funny," the parent reports.

There are now nine confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in Washington state. Nationally, the number of cases has jumped from a few dozen to over 100. RELATED: Bremerton mother traveling to ...

The CDC confirmed the number of acute flaccid myelitis cases in the United States spiked to 182 so far in 2018. On Dec. 10, the agency reported a record 158 AFM cases across 36 states. That number has ...

Officials are now investigating 252 cases of possible acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), including 90 confirmed cases in 27 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number ...

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in children. The public health agency said ...

Federal health officials now have reports of 155 possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like syndrome that mostly affects children and that causes muscle weakness and paralysis, federal ...