by Angie Sharp
Posted 5:35 pm,
Updated at 06:57pm, September 4, 2014
A disease is spreading among children and it all starts with the common cold. It’s called Enterovirus 68, or HEV 68. The respiratory virus begins with a fever, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing, but hundreds of kids in part of the Midwest are ending up in the hospital.
Last week, WQAD’s Sister Station, KTVI in St. Louis, reported that the St. Louis Children’s Hospital has seen an increase in patients and another hospital says its cases are up 50%.
About four hours west in Kansas City, Missouri, WQAD’s Sister Station, WDAF, reported on the same day that Children’s Mercy Hospital has seen more than 300 cases in recent days in kids of all ages.
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