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CDC Searches for Answers on Why Mysterious Polio-Like Disease is Flaring Up in US Children

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Admin

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by Evie Fordham The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is searching for answers on 127 suspected and confirmed cases of a polio-like disease leaving children across the U.S. paralyzed. Sixty-two cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) have been confirmed in 22 states out of 127 reports of AFM.…

Open Borders Bring a Higher Risk of Disease

August 30, 2018August 29, 2018 Admin

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by Walter Williams The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has technical instructions for medical examination of prospective immigrants in their home countries before…