CDC Escalating AFM Response In Attempt To Identify Source Of Outbreak

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(KDKA/CNN) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has escalated its response to the illness that’s struck children in 29 states, increasing the number of disease detectives in its Atlanta headquarters from two to 16, according to a CDC official close to the investigation.
The job of the detectives — formally known as Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — is to collect data on acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, and tr