U.S.health officials recently issued an alert notifying doctors about an increase in enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) pediatric cases. This common virus can cause a polio-like syndrome in rare cases in children.
The U.S. CDC Health Alert Network CDCHAN-00474, issued on September 9, 2022, confirmed various healthcare providers and hospitals had notified the CDC during August 2022 about increases in hospitalizations in pediatric patients with severe respiratory illness who also tested positive for rhinovirus (RV) and/or enterovirus (EV).
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