In 2014 the U.S. experienced a nationwide outbreak of EV-D68, raising concerns about children’s respiratory health. Acute flaccid myelitis disease (AFM) also spiked. EV-D68 is defined as a group of…
According to a story from wtae.com, doctors didn't think that 11-year-old Bryson Ackermann would be able to return to playing baseball after he was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, a…
Two days. That’s all it took for Jill and Jeff Ackermann to watch their son’s condition mysteriously deteriorate. On Saturday, six-year-old Bryson was the energetic, athletic, and bright-eyed little boy…
Nathan Barnica has always held a keen interest in and passion for bowling. He has honed his skills over the years through involvement in different team leagues. But in 2018,…
ABC News recently carried an article describing an anticipated surge in the latter part of 2020 of acute flaccid myelitis. Thankfully, it did not occur. The disease is caused by…
Over the last few years, there have been slight increases in the number of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) cases throughout the United States. Specifically, 2014, 2016, and 2018 all saw…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
For Bryson Ackermann of Pittsburgh, PA, baseball has always been his passion. Now 9 years old, Bryson was kept from his team for the last few years. According to KDKA…
According to a story from Newswise, it was more than three years ago that Maxford Brown, 16, awoke one morning feeling out of sorts. Maxford, who lives with Down syndrome,…
According to a story from mlive.com, the state of Michigan has confirmed its first case of acute flaccid myelitis, a rare disease that tends to affect children, this year. There…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In the Cloud Copy. Right before Thanksgiving last year, Sami Winters, an East Bay resident, was admitted to Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California. It’s now…
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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is urging doctors and researchers to investigate and to collect new data before the disease strikes again. An article in Ars Technica reports…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is urging doctors and researchers to investigate and to collect new data before the disease strikes again. An article in Ars Technica reports…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is urging doctors and researchers to investigate and to collect new data before the disease strikes again. An article in Ars Technica reports that…
According to a story from AJC, three year old Reid Peteet is one of over 550 kids that have been diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis since 2014. 2018 saw a…
Six weeks ago, Gretchen and Josh of Oklahoma rushed their precious 5-month-old Opal to the hospital after she became extremely sick from a cold. It didn't take doctors too long…
According to a story from Science Daily, a team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of an unusual…
Last month, we reported about a sudden outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2018, a rare condition that has Polio-like symptoms, and affects mostly children. Sometimes, stories like this…
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 10 more confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a polio-like illness that mostly affects children. This now…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, researchers have been scrambling to find a useful treatment for acute flaccid myelitis, a rare disease that has been appearing in unusual numbers in…
According to a story from the Washington Post, new cases of the unusual, polio-like disease called acute flaccid myelitis have continued to appear through the United States recently. There are…
According to a story from CNN, a rare disease called acute flaccid myelitis has been cropping up in Minnesota lately, and six kids have been diagnosed with the illness since…
On October 20th and 21st, the 2017 Rare Neuro-Immune Disorders Symposium (RNDS) will be held in Columbus, Ohio. The event is meant to bring together patients, families, researchers, and all…
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