OKLAHOMA CITY -- Health officials are blaming bacteria and parasites in the Oklahoma River for sickening dozens of international triathlon participants last month. The Oklahoma Department of Health said Wednesday that river contamination caused gastrointestinal problems for at least 45 participants in the Boathouse International Triathlon in Oklahoma City.

Twenty-three Fairmont Chateau Whistler guests were quarantined in their rooms for most of Monday and part of Tuesday (June 1 and 2), suffering from Norwalk virus, a public health official said this week.

A new self-service buffet is making a pig’s breakfast of infection control at Coventry’s University Hospital, angry staff claim. The help-yourself spread was unveiled at the hospital’s main restaurant last week and is open to workers, patients and visitors. Shocked hospital workers say they were only warned about the change days earlier when a sign went up.

RENTON, Wash. – More than 300 students and staff are home sick with flu-like symptoms this week from Lindbergh High School in Renton, said a letter to parents by the Renton school district. That means as much as a third of the student body, possibly more, have some down with the illness.