Health officials are tracking symptoms in 11 states. — -- intro: The rare virus suspected of sickening 1,000 kids in 11 states can start out like the common cold but quickly evolve into something ...

Enterovirus infections often cause no symptoms or mild flu-like symptoms. Though rare, they can lead to serious complications. Children and people with weaker immune systems are most at risk.

Eli Waller, 4, had no symptoms when he went to bed, health officials say. — -- The New Jersey preschooler who died of the respiratory illness enterovirus 68 went to sleep and never woke up, ...

Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are on the rise across the United States, according to the nonprofit WastewaterSCAN network. This common virus can lead to a rare but serious polio-like ...

After virtually disappearing for several years amid measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now urging doctors to be vigilant for a renewed ...

The link between enterovirus infection and type 1 diabetes appeared to be a strong one in a meta-analysis of molecular studies. Across 48 abstracts on the topic, people with type 1 diabetes were ...

Healthcare providers reported an increase in pediatric hospitalizations across the country for severe respiratory illnesses last month, which may be linked to an enterovirus strain that causes rare ...

Samples collected from four patients who recently died have tested positive for enterovirus D68, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is unclear what role the virus played ...

The CDC has issued an alert for healthcare providers over the rise of respiratory illnesses in children. One of these viruses called enterovirus-D68 has been associated with acute flaccid myelitis or ...

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a poliomyelitis-like paralyzing illness in children. Since an outbreak of AFM in the United States in 2014, evidence has emerged suggesting that enterovirus D68 (EV-D68 ...

On Aug. 15, doctors and nurses at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., realized they had a problem. Children were coming into the emergency room with an illness that caused wheezing and ...