Tiny Vampires

Episode 40: The emergence of a new kind of childhood paralysis


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The African continent was declared polio-free just a couple of days ago, which means that we are, once again, coming close to eradicating it from the globe. Yet, in 2014 children started to go limp, losing control over their arms and legs over the course of weeks, this polio-like condition is called Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Since then, there has been a larger and larger outbreak of the condition every other year, and that’s not the only strange thing about it.

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Tiny VampiresBy Raven Forrest Fruscalzo

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