Hospitals in Missouri and Illinois are seeing more children than usual with severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 for this time of the year. Several other states are investigating clusters of children with severe respiratory illness, possibly due to enterovirus D68. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents the following Q&A on Enterovirus D68.
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