The death of 6-year-old Daniel Ramirez on Sunday is the very first to be linked to a mysterious illness cropping up across the country. Daniel's parents, Marijo De Guzman and Jose Ramirez of Washington state, told CNN affiliate KOMO that they first took their son to the hospital because he had symptoms of a cold and was feeling dizzy. Within hours, they said, he was paralyzed, and never recovered. State officials are investigating a "potential cluster" of acute flaccid myelitis, a highly infectious polio-like disease that primarily strikes children. Like polio, AFM affects the body's nervous system -- specifically the spinal cord -- and can cause lifelong paralysis. But unlike with polio, there is no vaccine. Though doctors suspect that Daniel had AFM, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Health said an official diagnosis has not been confirmed. Read more http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/health/acute-flaccid-myelitis-afm-death/index.html
