Mystery Paralysis Illness <br />Hits Record Number of <br />Children in US 311 reports of acute flaccid myelitis <br />(AFM) have been reported in 2018. The illness causes kids to <br />lose the ability to move their <br />face, neck, back, arms or legs. The wave of U.S. cases <br />spiked in September and <br />have tapered off since then. The disease <br />has spread <br />across 36 states. Texas and Colorado have <br />reported the most cases <br />with 21 and 15, respectively. This year, <br />no one has <br />died from AFM. But the illness has <br />claimed lives in the past. Doctors from the <br />Centers for Disease <br />Control estimate Dr. Nancy Messonnier, CDC, via CBS News
