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Fire company to hold ham and shrimp dinner
Potomac Valley Fire Co. in Dargan will hold a ham and shrimp dinner at the fire hall Saturday starting at 4 p.m. The meal will consist of ham, one pound of shrimp, parsley potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, homemade rolls and iced tea. The meal costs $15....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Arts and Culture
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Girl Scouts cap year with visit to Hersheypark
Girl Scout Troop 47888 ventured to Hershey-park on July 9 for its end of the year trip. It was attended by Scouts and parents who participated in the fall fundraiser and Girl Scout cookies campaign. Monique R. Broadus, fundraiser chairwoman, wants to...Tags: Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Youth Organizations, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Disease Prevention
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Cruise passengers return to Baltimore after harrowing voyage
They left Baltimore on Friday by cruise ship and came back Tuesday by charter jet. The passengers from the Grandeur of the Seas arrived safely and with sea stories to last a lifetime. A fire near the stern of the 917-foot Royal Caribbean International...
Tags: Media Industry, Cape Canaveral, Caribbean Islands, Annapolis, Tampa
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Norovirus likely caused sickness at Pot Spring Elementary, officials say
Norovirus was likely the culprit that sickened 200 students and nine staff members at Pot Spring Elementary in Timonium last week, Baltimore County health officials have found. About a third of the school's students were absent May 17 because of...Tags: Timonium, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns
Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...
Tags: E. coli Infection, Medical Research, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Sports
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News of the Weird: Chocolate Toothpaste and 'Holy Crap' Cereal!
The Precocious Tots of Finland: A University of Kansas professor and two co-authors, in research in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance, found that children age 10 and under substantially outperformed their parents in earnings from stock trading...
Tags: Endangered Species, Conservation, Viral Diseases and Infections, Human Rights, Clemson University
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Suspected norovirus outbreak closes Muskegon schools
NORTH MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A suspected norovirus outbreak has prompted officials in a West Michigan school district to cancel classes for the rest of the week. The Muskegon Chronicle and WGHN-AM report North Muskegon Public Schools are shut down...
Tags: Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections
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ASD Student Infections Identified as Norovirus
Channel 2 NewsNorovirus has been identified as the cause of a violent illness among hundreds of Anchorage School District students, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. ASD’s director of nursing and health services, Nancy Edtl, says...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Viral Diseases and Infections, Students, American School for the Deaf
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ASD Works to Identify Mystery Virus Among Students
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage School District is trying to identify a virus similar to norovirus that’s affected dozens of students, although health officials remain unsure whether it’s the direct cause of symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Nursing, Teaching and Learning, Diseases and Illnesses
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Leafy greens responsible for 46% of food-borne infections, CDC says
Though leafy greens accounted for the most U.S. food-related illnesses, poultry caused the most deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The Atlanta-based agency examined 4,589 food-related disease outbreaks from 1998 to...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Salmonella Infection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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As L.A. awaits more influenza cases, other winter bugs on the rise
California hasn’t suffered from the flu as much as some other parts of the country have, with their hospital ERs clogged with patients struggling with fevers, breathing problems and other symptoms typical of influenza. But as public health...
Tags: Pneumonia, Common Cold, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Flu
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Food FYI: New York judge stops soda ban
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's New York City ban on the sale of big sugary drinks was halted Monday by a state judge, reported the Wall Street Journal. The move is considered a blow to the mayor's big push for public-health initiatives. The ban on sugary...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, The Wall Street Journal, Judges, Justice System, The New York Times
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