8 cases of rare `polio-like` condition reported in Texas
(WorldNews Health)

At least seven children and one adult in Texas have been diagnosed this year with a rare condition that threatens lifetime paralysis, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to confirm additional cases. The condition, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), affects the nervous system, primarily through the spinal cord. It weakens a person`s muscles and nerves, according to the CDC. AFM is rare - fewer than 1 in a million people are affected in the U.S. each year - and it mostly occurs in...