Mum's warning after vicious illness

McKenzie Andersen, 10, suffers from acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
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A mum has warned parents to be vigilant after a vicious illness turned her six-year-old daughter into a quadriplegic in 12 days.“In 2014, children in the US began to be diagnosed with a mystery illness that caused a polio-like paralysis,” Professor Raina MacIntyre, Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Epidemic Response said in a January press release from UNSW. Read more