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<p>In this Sept. 8 photo, Melissa Lewis, of Denver, helps her son, Jayden Broadway, 9, as he coughs in his bed at the Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo. He was treated for the enterovirus 68 and released, but his asthma made the illness more difficult to fight. The CDC is investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in children at the hospital and whether the culprit might be enterovirus 68 which is causing severe respiratory illness across the country.</p>

<p>In this Sept. 8 photo, Melissa Lewis, of Denver, helps her son, Jayden Broadway, 9, as he coughs in his bed at the Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo. He was treated for the enterovirus 68 and released, but his asthma made the illness more difficult to fight. The CDC is investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in children at the hospital and whether the culprit might be enterovirus 68 which is causing severe respiratory illness across the c…

September 27, 2014

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Virus may be cause of Colorado kids' paralysis
September 27, 2014 9 p.m.

Virus may be cause of Colorado kids' paralysis

NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country.