Up To 25 Calif. Children Have Contracted Polio-Like Illness
Up to 25 children in California have been affected by an unknown illness with similar symptoms to polio, such as paralysis of one or more limbs. In addition, doctors in the state who are investigating the illness have been "flooded" with calls about other possible cases.
- "Rare Polio-Like Illness Could Have Affected Up To 25 Children" (Berman, "Post Nation," Washington Post, 2/25).
- "Doctors Studying Polio-Like Illness Flooded With Calls" (Weise, USA Today, 2/26).