Mysterious Cases of Paralysis in Children May Be Caused by Polio-Like Viruses

by Derek McKinney | Posted on October 21, 2019

In 2014, a rare polio-like illness that attacks the nervous system of its often young victims first emerged in the U.S.—an illness with no clear cause, according to health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, scientists at the University of California San Francisco say they’ve unearthed…