(NBC) Mother is vocal about disease, developing a movement with AFM parents to raise awareness.

(gillibrand.senate.gov) The CDC Is Investigating Hundreds of Confirmed and Suspected Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a Debilitating, Polio-Like Disease Affecting Children in New York and Across the Country; The Number of Cases of This Rare but Serious Disease Are Growing Year After Year, yet the CDC Has Been Unable to Determine the Cause or Identify a Treatment.

(CNN) Accusations come amid a wave of criticism from parents of children with AFM and from some of the CDC's own medical advisers. In a recent on-camera interview with CNN, a group of parents gave the agency an "F" for its handling of the outbreak.

(WebMD) Families of children with AFM believe Congress and federal health officials have been too slow to investigate, research, and spread awareness about this rare illness since cases were first confirmed in 2014.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established a task force to help define the cause of and improve treatment for patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and will include experts from scientific, medical and public health fields, the CDC said.