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Minnesota health officials on the lookout for rare nervous system disorder

Health officials in Minnesota are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare disorder called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. It attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis. There are no known treatments, and 38 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. this year. Six children were recently diagnosed in Minnesota. Kate Raddatz reports.
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