Child paralysis outbreak: UVA identifies potential cause
(University of Virginia Health System) A mysterious outbreak of child paralysis cases previously linked to enterovirus D68 may instead have another cause, doctors at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital are cautioning after determining that a stricken child appeared to be suffering from a different virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 16, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New virus 'causing alarming PARALYSIS in children is linked to polio'
A newly-discovered virus called enterovirus C105 has been linked to paralysis in a six-year-old-girl, scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine discovered. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Federal Register: Authorization of Emergency Use of an In Vitro Diagnostic Device for Detection of Enterovirus D68; Availability
The FDA is announcing the issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization for in an vitro diagnostic device for detection of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strains detected in North America in 2014. FDA issued this Authorization under the Federal Food, Drug, and... (Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew)
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - July 1, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Environmentally friendly inhalers double the cost for people with asthma
Environmentally friendly asthma inhalers may be good for the atmosphere, but they have nearly doubled what people with asthma pay out of pocket for inhalers.
That’s the take-home message from a study led by Dr. Anupam Jena, an assistant professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital. The findings were published online today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In 2008, the FDA banned a class of asthma inhalers that contained ozone-depleting propellants called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Depletion of the earth’s ozone layer causes serious risks for...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jake Miller Tags: Asthma and Allergies Environmentally friendly inhaler Source Type: news
More Evidence Linking Enterovirus-D68 to Paralysis in Kids (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
A study in the Lancet Infectious Diseases adds to the evidence suggesting that enterovirus-D68 is associated with limb paralysis in children. … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - April 1, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
None of the Enterovirus Patients With Paralysis Has Fully Recovered
Children with paralysis might have been having a strange immune response. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Common virus linked to children's partial paralysis
Researchers have found evidence that a mutation in enterovirus D68, a common respiratory illness, caused partial paralysis in a number of children last year (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A New Strain Of Enterovirus D68 May Be The Cause Of Recent Childhood Paralysis Cases
Scientists have linked a specific strain of the respiratory illness enterovirus D68 to the previously-unexplained rash of childhood paralysis and muscle weakness that struck dozens of children between 2012 and 2014.
Researchers found the genetic imprint of a relatively new strain of enterovirus D68 -- B1 -- in children who developed acute flaccid myelitis (paralysis or muscle weakening) after having a fever or respiratory illness. After checking patients' respiratory secretions, blood and cerebrospinal fluid for a variety of different pathogens, they couldn't find any other probable cause of the paralysis in these childr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 31, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why Some Enterovirus Patients Develop Polio-Like Paralysis
Children with paralysis might have been having a strange immune response. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Study finds possible connection between enterovirus D68 and child paralysis
Researchers say a new strain of a common virus may be the cause of sudden, partial paralysis in more than 100 children. They were treated for respiratory illnesses associated with enterovirus D68, but a new genetic analysis discovered a mutated strain that's similar to polio. Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the alarming new evidence. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists link unexplained childhood paralysis to enterovirus D68
Scientists have found the genetic signature of enterovirus D68 in half of the California and Colorado children diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis -- sudden, unexplained muscle weakness and paralysis -- between 2012 and 2014, with most cases occurring during a nationwide outbreak of severe respiratory illness from EV-D68 last fall. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 31, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Enterovirus D68 linked to paralysis in children, study says
Danielle HaynesSAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (UPI) -- A strain of enterovirus, a respiratory disease that sickened hundreds of children in 2014, could be linked to partial paralysis in some of those patients. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Research Tightens Childhood Paralysis-Enterovirus D68 Link
Lab tests confirm half of cases in recent outbreak tied to specific virus strain (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Research Tightens Childhood Paralysis-Enterovirus D68 Link
Lab tests confirm half of cases in recent outbreak tied to specific virus strainSource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Paralysis, Viral Infections (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enterovirus 68 May Be Linked to Paralysis in Children, Study Says
A new strain of a common respiratory virus may be responsible for partly paralyzing more than 100 children in 34 states since August, researchers reported. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Viruses Research Paralysis Lancet Infectious Diseases, The (Journal) University of California, San Francisco Enterovirus 68 Source Type: news
