Hundreds of Children Unable to Move Their Arms or Legs, Dozens Paralyzed in the Past Few Months
October 30th, 2016Via: Los Angeles Times:
In the years since [2012], hundreds of children across the country have shown up at hospitals unable to move their arms or legs. Dozens of kids have become paralyzed in the past few months alone.
They suffer from a mysterious illness that continues to alarm and puzzle scientists. This kind of sudden and devastating paralysis hasn’t been widespread since the days of polio. Lucian, one of the disease’s earliest victims, set off a hunt among doctors to discover its cause.