NHS documentary reveals the tragic stories of a woman, 22, unable to breathe on her own and the 18-year-old who FORGETS he has brain damage The BBC programme this week looks at life in Liverpool’s Walton Centre It’s Liverpool’s only spine, brain and pain management specialist unit Neither Sophie nor Tom, featured in tomorrow’s episode, […]
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Poliolike illness tests an overstretched public health system
The mysterious, poliolike disease that has struck 414 people—mostly young children—across the United States since 2014 comes at a time when the public health system already is overstretched. Reported in 39 states and Washington, D.C., acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, causes muscle weakness and in some cases paralysis in the arms or legs, terrifying […]