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A mysterious syndrome that paralyzed kids seems to have disappeared. But why?

Colorado saw one of the first clusters in the nation of acute flaccid myelitis

Lydia Pilarowski, 16, left, was one of the first cohort of kids in Colorado with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, when it paralyzed some of the muscles in her upper left arm. Lydia does homework as her mother, Sarah Lacey, works in the kitchen at their home in Denver on Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Lydia Pilarowski, 16, left, was one of the first cohort of kids in Colorado with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, when it paralyzed some of the muscles in her upper left arm. Lydia does homework as her mother, Sarah Lacey, works in the kitchen at their home in Denver on Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Last year, the CDC recorded 18 confirmed cases of AFM, down from a high of 238 in 2018. Colorado has ranged from zero to four cases each year since 2018, when the state recorded 17.
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