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Parents accuse CDC of not reporting children's deaths from polio-like AFM

The parents say by not publicly acknowledging the two deaths, the agency is intentionally downplaying the severity of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that paralyzes healthy children in a matter of hours. “I feel like they’re just sugar-coating this,” said Katie Bustamante, whose son Alex, age 6, died in May. “It eliminates my trust… Read More »

13 Pop Culture References You Might Have Missed From the ‘Riverdale’ Flashback Episode

This post contains spoilers for the Riverdale episode, “Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club.” The highly anticipated flashback episode of Riverdale, which found our teens playing younger versions of their parents, has officially come and gone. Thanks to story time with Alice, Betty is now one step closer to solving the mystery of the Gargoyle King.… Read More »