Typhus in L.A. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna917271.
It sounds like Polio in Minnesota https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/05/health-officials-6-mn-kids-get-rare-disorder-that-affects-nervous-system/amp/.
Why the sudden outbreaks of childhood illness? One would have thought that surely such epidemics are a thing of the past now that children are all properly circumcised and vaccinated against disease.