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A polio-like illness is on the rise again. But why?

So far this year, 80 children have suffered from sudden muscle weakness or paralysis.

Two years after she was infected with a virus linked to polio-like symptoms, Havertown's Scarlett Camburn has regained use of her right arm but still cannot make a fist.
Two years after she was infected with a virus linked to polio-like symptoms, Havertown's Scarlett Camburn has regained use of her right arm but still cannot make a fist.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff photographer
    by Tom Avril
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