Could polio drugs treat children with a mysterious paralyzing disease?

Researchers developing drugs against polio and other polio-like viruses say those drugs could potentially be effective against a mysterious, polio-like condition called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 89 cases of the paralyzing disease in the United States through September. A 6-year-old boy suspected of having AFM died […]Related:More cases reported of a mysterious polio-like illness that killed a 6-year-oldZika causes a unique syndrome of devastating birth defectsParents injected children with heroin as ‘feel good medicine,’ police say
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news