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  • NORTH CAROLINA: Gray's Creek High soccer team hit by illness

    Posted: May 19th, 2009 - 8:18pm

    As many as 16 of the 17 members of the Gray’s Creek High School girls’ soccer team came down with an undetermined illness last week, forcing postponement of the school’s second-round match in the state soccer playoffs.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.09
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  • US: 20 students get sick on trip to Washington, D.C.

    Posted: May 17th, 2009 - 9:01pm

    ALLIANCE, Ohio -- About 20 eighth-grade students from Marlington Middle School in Alliance in Stark County got sick during a recent trip to Washington, D.C., said Principal Steven Viscounte. He said students ate at a food court Thursday and started experiencing flu-like symptoms. They later learned it was a case of norovirus, the Washington D.C., Health Department said.

    Date Published: 
    17.may.09
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  • WASHINGTON: Norovirus outbreak sickens more than 100 Arlington students

    Posted: May 14th, 2009 - 8:46am

    ARLINGTON, Wash. -- Norovirus has sickened some 100 to 140 students of Eagle Creek Elementary School, school officials said on Wednesday. District officials has notified the Snohomish County Health District of the outbreak, which is affecting 20 percent of the school's student body.  

    Date Published: 
    13.may.09
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  • INDIA: 150 take ill after eating contaminated food

    Posted: May 11th, 2009 - 8:20am

    Jhunjhunu -- In a suspected case of food poisoning, 150 people fell ill after consuming contaminated food at a religious feast held at Mandava village in this Rajasthan district.

    Date Published: 
    11.may.09
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  • IRELAND: Man dies and 17 are ill from suspected gastroenteritis

    Posted: May 9th, 2009 - 1:53pm

    The Health Service Executive is investigating whether the death of an elderly resident at a community nursing home in Mayo is connected to an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has struck 12 other residents and five staff members. Environmental health officers are investigating the outbreak at St Fionnan's community nursing unit in Achill.

    Date Published: 
    09.may.09
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  • 46 get stomach bug at Des Plaines firm

    Posted: May 1st, 2009 - 8:49pm

    A stomach bug that sickened nearly four dozen people at a Des Plaines company last week has been traced to a food worker who was ill, authorities said today.

    Date Published: 
    30.apr.09
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  • NEBRASKA: Kahill's reopens after suspected norovirus case

    Posted: April 26th, 2009 - 8:48pm

    SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. -- A Siouxland restaurant has reopened... after dozens became sick earlier this week. Kahills... inside the Marina Inn started serving lunch again Friday afternoon.

    Date Published: 
    24.apr.09
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  • MICHIGAN: Noto's norovirus outbreak affected 166 people, Kent County health agency reports

    Posted: April 23rd, 2009 - 8:37pm

    Health officials have traced an Easter outbreak of sickness in patrons of Noto's Old World Dining to norovirus, a common virus that causes symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea. According to the Kent County Health Department, 166 of 240 people interviewed had symptoms. There were no known hospitalizations.

    Date Published: 
    23.apr.09
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  • NEBRASKA: Suspected norovirus at south Sioux City restaurant

    Posted: April 23rd, 2009 - 2:52am

    Lincoln -- A restaurant/bar in South Sioux City has closed down voluntarily to disinfect its premises after dozens of people became ill after eating there, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The restaurant/bar at the Marina Inn has closed temporarily on the advice of health officials.

    Date Published: 
    22.apr.09
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