CDC Predicts Spike In Dangerous Neurological Disease Mainly Affecting Children
CDC Predicts Spike In Dangerous Neurological Disease Mainly Affecting Children

ICU beds and ventilator supplies are already thin on the ground in many parts of the US due to a spike in new coronavirus infections.

But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predict demand will increase in 2020, due to a predictable outbreak of a different disease.

UPI reports AFM, or acute flaccid myelitis, is a rare nervous system condition affecting the grey matter of the spinal cord.

It causes muscles and reflexes to become weak.