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CDC: There Are Now 90 Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the U.S.

MYSTERY INFECTION

The CDC is investigating another 162 suspected cases of the rare, non-contagious infection that has baffled doctors since 2014.

Tanya Basu
Tanya Basu 

Senior Editor, Science

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Tanya Basu

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Senior Editor, Science

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