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Does Hand Sanitizer Work? How About Cherry ChapStick?
The only time I ever use hand sanitizer is when someone offers it to me and I feel funny saying that I hate the stuff and I don't think it works. I hate the way it feels on my skin, I hate the way it smells, and the only thing I want to do after using...Tags: Flu
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Royal Caribbean sees significant impact from fire on cruise ship
ReutersMay 29 (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said it expects Monday's fire aboard one of its ships to have a significant impact to its results. The cruise operator expects a 10 cent reduction in earnings per share, but did not specify the period for...Tags: Weather Reports, Sailing, Weather, Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Corporation
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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: Caribbean Islands, Tampa, Cape Canaveral, Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture
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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: Symptoms, Lab Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Timonium
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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 haveĀ pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...
Tags: Diarrhea, Medical Research, Science and Technology, E. coli Infection, Diseases and Illnesses
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Camp Pepin reopens after stomach virus sickens Farmington fifth-graders
Star TribuneA different scent will join the smell of lilacs, pines and campfires when Camp Pepin reopens Monday after a stomach virus swept through Farmington fifth-graders on their annual spring trek last week. "It smells kind of bleachy out there, but the camp...Tags: Flu, Symptoms, Viral Diseases and Infections, YMCA
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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: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Kansas , National Government
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Norovirus is still going around
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com Another on call weekend just completed, it seems that gastroenteritis, also known as the "tummy bug" or "stomach flu," is still hanging around. I walked into a lot of exam rooms with tired parents and kids, all of whom had been...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Vomiting, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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: Teaching and Learning, Students, Health and Safety at School, American School for the Deaf, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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: Symptoms, Teaching and Learning, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Students
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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: Symptoms, Salmonella Infection, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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