Tracking Polio-Like Virus in Nebraska

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 3:50 p.m.

It's fairly rare but a virus has flared up across the country, including one or possibly two cases in Nebraska. It's called Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) and it mostly targets children and has symptoms that are similar to polio. Director of the infectious disease department at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine Dr. Marc Rupp tells us what is known about the virus and what parents should be looking for.