Clark County Public Health is investigating a possible case of acute flaccid myelitis in a Clark County child.
The child is younger than 6, and was hospitalized after a sudden onset of paralysis in one arm, according to a Public Health news release. The child displayed symptoms of respiratory illness and fever before developing the AFM symptoms.
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