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‘Polio-like’ disease fuels worries for parents

Posted at 7:26 AM, Nov 13, 2018
and last updated 2018-11-13 09:26:28-05

Parents are worried about the rare, polio-like illness, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, that’s paralyzing children across the country. Some are accusing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of under-reporting deaths and hiding information from the public. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen spoke with a family who lost their son after his battle with the illness.