Friday, September 12, 2014

EV-D68 May Have Reached Washington State

The Midwest meets the Northwest? Seems as if the enterovirus that has been plaguing the Midwest may now have reached our state. According to this Seattle Times article today, 15 cases of some enterovirus, which may be the D68 strain, have arrived at Children's Hospital. The article explains more, but the implications are that this is spreading as many of these kinds of viruses do this time of year.
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