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30.aug.06
Charleston Gazette (WV)

As a result of potential exposure by an infected staff member in one classroom, children and staff of the Kanawha County Schools Head Start Program, located at the Martin Luther King Center in Charleston, will be offered preventive treatment for hepatitis A.

Nurses from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will be on hand beginning 9 a.m. today to discuss the treatment with caregivers and to administer injections of hepatitis A immune globulin. No children or other staff members have reported being ill.

For more information, consult the Health Department’s Web site at www.kchdwv.com or call 348-1088.

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School opening worries parents
By JOHN GILLIS Health Reporter
August 30, 2006

No new cases of hepatitis A have been identified in the past week, public health officials announced Tuesday.

But with classes set to resume next week, some Lower Sackville parents are worried the virus could have a resurgence among children in the community.

Twelve people have been infected since an outbreak began in early June. Five of them are students at Hillside Park Elementary School.

Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s medical officer of health, sent letters earlier this month to parents of children at the school describing the virus and its symptoms and urging them to alert public health about any potential cases.

Officials will be visiting each classroom at Hillside once school begins to teach children about proper handwashing, and more information will be sent home in registration kits. They’ll also give handwashing classes at nearby Sycamore Lane Elementary School.

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Lax vaccination requirements are no excuse for travelers to endanger hometowns.
News Sentinel
Wed, Aug. 30, 2006

For the second time in two years, travelers have come back home to Indiana and created public-health problems. How often does this need to happen before the United States requires its citizens to have a full slate of vaccinations before they receive passports? How many times do innocent neighbors need to risk serious illnesses before people who travel beyond the U.S. and Canada gather a clue and immunize themselves against every vaccine-preventable disease in circulation?

In 2005, an Indiana teenager went to Romania without vaccinations, contracted measles and, after she returned, spread them to more than 30 people in her community. Tracking down this girl’s contacts and containing the outbreak cost at least $160,000. Three of the measles patients were seriously ill and had to be hospitalized. One of them spent six days on a ventilator.

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County plans shots for recent Trevi customers
by Andre A. Rodriguez, ARODRIGUEZ@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE — The Buncombe County Health Center on Monday confirmed a case of hepatitis A in restaurant worker, setting in motion plans to give up to 1,300 preventive shots to head off any chance of an outbreak.

The center urged that anyone who has eaten at Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza restaurant from Aug. 17 to Friday get an immune globulin shot. The shots will be offered free beginning today.

“Contacting these individuals is critical because immune globulin, a serum which can prevent or reduce symptoms of hepatitis A, must be given within two weeks after exposure,” Medical Director Dr. Susan Mims said.

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by Angie Newsome
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE - The Buncombe County Health Center will offer free shots to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday.

The shots are in response to two cases of hepatitis A health officials confirmed Monday. The cases add to the 45 cases Carol Schriber, spokeswoman with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, said have been confirmed in North Carolina this year as of June 30.

Beverly Levinson, health center spokesperson, said Tuesday that the cases two cases are thought to be unrelated.

One of the cases, found in a worker at the Biltmore Village restaurant Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza, prompted health officials to urge anyone who ate at the restaurant from Aug. 17 to 25, or last Friday, to get a Immune globulin shot. The serum can prevent or reduce symptoms of hepatitis A. Those vaccinated for helpatitis A do not need the shot, however.

Details on the second case are currently unknown.

To contact the health center, call 250-5203.

For more on this story, check back on CITIZEN-TIMES.com or read Wednesday’s Asheville Citizen-Times.

Contact Angie Newsome at 828-232-5856 or via e-mail at anewsome@ashevill.gannett.com.

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Citizen Times
by Staff reports
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE – Officials at the Buncombe County Health Center say they’ve given 190 shots of immune globulin to people as of 5:30 p.m. today to prevent the spread of hepatitis A after the virus was confirmed in two people, including one worker at the Biltmore Village restaurant Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza.

The health center urges anyone who ate at the restaurant between Aug. 17 and Aug. 25 to get the shot. Shots will be available from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the health department.

The health center also said that anyone who received a hepatitis A vaccine more than four weeks prior to this potential exposure does not need to receive a shot. Hepatitis A vaccine is given as a two-part series to prevent the illness. The second vaccine is given six months after the first.

People who ate at Trevi before Aug. 17 should be free from exposure to this case of hepatitis, according to the health center. Anyone who experiences symptoms of hepatitis A should contact their doctor. Symptoms can include fever, chills, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and skin), and dark urine. Symptoms appear within 15 –50 days, usually within 30 days, of exposure.

The center has established a recorded hotline for hepatitis information. The hotline number is 250-6400 and it will be updated as needed.

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by Angie Newsome
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE - The Buncombe County Health Center will offer free shots to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday.

The shots are in response to two cases of hepatitis A health officials confirmed Monday. The cases add to the 45 cases Carol Schriber, spokeswoman with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, said have been confirmed in North Carolina this year as of June 30.

Beverly Levinson, health center spokesperson, said Tuesday that the cases two cases are thought to be unrelated.

One of the cases, found in a worker at the Biltmore Village restaurant Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza, prompted health officials to urge anyone who ate at the restaurant from Aug. 17 to 25, or last Friday, to get a Immune globulin shot. The serum can prevent or reduce symptoms of hepatitis A. Those vaccinated for helpatitis A do not need the shot, however.

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County plans shots for recent Trevi customers
by Andre A. Rodriguez, ARODRIGUEZ@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE -- The Buncombe County Health Center on Monday confirmed a case of hepatitis A in restaurant worker, setting in motion plans to give up to 1,300 preventive shots to head off any chance of an outbreak.

The center urged that anyone who has eaten at Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza restaurant from Aug. 17 to Friday get an immune globulin shot. The shots will be offered free beginning today.

"Contacting these individuals is critical because immune globulin, a serum which can prevent or reduce symptoms of hepatitis A, must be given within two weeks after exposure," Medical Director Dr. Susan Mims said.

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28.aug.06
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Ashley Rhodebeck
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/15380267.htm

More than 2,600 people crowded the Allen County Fairgrounds this weekend to receive treatment for hepatitis A after a local Pizza Hut employee was diagnosed with the disease Thursday.

Anyone who dined in, carried out or ordered food from the restaurant at 5735 Coventry Lane between Aug. 3 and Aug. 19 could have been exposed to the virus, which is rarely fatal, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health said.

The health department provided free shots this weekend for patrons who ate food from the restaurant between Aug. 12 and Aug. 19. Patrons who ate food from the restaurant before Aug. 12 will not benefit from the injection but should watch for symptoms and seek medical attention if symptoms develop, health officials said.

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26.aug.06
Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Indiana)/South Bend Tribune (Indiana)/ Associated Press

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- County health officials were cited as saying Friday that thousands of patrons who dined at a local Pizza Hut between Aug. 3 and Aug. 19 may have been exposed to hepatitis A and a free clinic is scheduled this weekend at the Allen County Fairgrounds to administer shots to those at risk.
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health confirmed the case of hepatitis A in an employee who works at the Pizza Hut at 5735 Coventry Lane, near the Interstate 69 and U.S. 24 interchange. The employee was diagnosed with hepatitis A on Thursday, five days after last going to work.

The stories note that no other employees show symptoms, and no other cases so far have been identified.

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27.aug.06
WANE TV (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=5331249

Roughly 1,150 people showed up for a Saturday shot clinic at the Allen County Fairgrounds, seeking protection after possible exposure to Hepatitis A.

The story says that most people at Saturday's shot clinic seemed to be taking it all in stride. Laura Aman, on her way out of the shot clinic, was quoted as saying, "I never got into a state of panic or anything, but it's certainly not something you want to hear about or think about."

Tyler Wells, on his way in to get a shot, was quoted as saying, "I didn't think much about it, because I didn't have any of the symptoms. I wasn't real concerned, but we're comin' to get the shots just in case."

Tia Tribby, who came to the clinic with her boyfriend, was quoted as saying, "Coming here calmed by nerves, just seeing everyone else in the same situation you are in."

The Health Department held a second shot clinic Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For those who couldn't attend the weekend clinics, there will be a make-up clinic scheduled.

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By: HATC
2006-08-24

Three people infected with the hepatitis A virus have been rushed to Kaposv·r hospital, bringing the overall number treated against the disease to 16. All those affected live in Istv·ndi, Somogy county, where the epidemic broke out two weeks ago.

Tests show that a failure to observe hygiene may have caused the infection, which was contracted by residents of houses without electricity or running water.

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August 24, 2006

HUNDREDS of students were yesterday inoculated to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A at their school after a tuckshop lady tested positive to the virus.

A mother who volunteered at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, on August 11 was diagnosed with the contagious disease on Monday.

The State Government has defended its decision to send out a media alert at 6pm on Tuesday -- more than 24 hours after the worker had been diagnosed.

"Public health officers began working with the school immediately to identify the possible risk to others and to put arrangements in place for the clinic," NSW Health communicable diseases director Dr Jeremy McAnulty said. "The media release was sent out to coincide with parents receiving notification."

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The Fairfax County Times
By: Kali Schumitz
08/22/2006
State legislators this year added to the list of vaccines that children are required to get in order to go to any school, preschool or daycare in the state.

The Fairfax County Health Department is offering free doses of the Tdap vaccine for rising sixth-graders at various locations through Sept. 23.

Visit www.fcps.edu/news/vaccine.htm or call 703-246-2411 for details.

The new rules are intended to follow recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control, according to the text of the code that went into effect July 1.

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By Katelyn John
August 23, 2006

HEALTH chiefs will investigate a Sydney school tuckshop as a program to inject 300 students to guard against an outbreak of hepatitis A began today.

More than 100 students and 15 adults at St Patrick's College, a private Catholic school in Strathfield, were given immunoglobulin antibody injections at a temporary clinic.

The clinic will open again tomorrow as part of the measures to protect 300 students believed to have eaten from the tuckshop on the day a hepatitis A-infected volunteer helped prepare food.

NSW Health communicable diseases director Jeremy McAnulty played down the threat of a hepatitis outbreak at the school, but said the department would investigate work practices at its tuckshop.

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22.aug.06
Yahoo News
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060822/2/108lf.html

About 300 students at a Sydney, Australia, school will be given preventative drugs after a tuck shop worker tested positive for hepatitis A.

NSW Health was cited as saying a clinic would be set up on Wednesday at St Patrick's College, a private Catholic school in Strathfield, which has students from Year 5 to 12.

The tuck shop worker, who prepared food for the students, did not display any symptoms at the time and was unaware they posed a risk to others, a NSW Health spokesman said.

Students who were potentially exposed to the virus will be offered preventative immunoglobulin antibody injections.

Letters were sent home to parents on Tuesday advising them of the situation and seeking permission to administer the antibody.

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The Chronicle Herald
August 22, 2006

Public health officials have discovered two new cases of hepatitis A connected to an outbreak in Lower Sackville.

That brings to 12 the number of people diagnosed with the virus since it first appeared in early June.

One of the cases reported Monday is a recent one connected to a person diagnosed earlier in the outbreak. The other was an older case identified as a result of letters sent to parents of students at Hillside Park Elementary School.

Symptoms of hepatitis A include diarrhea, dark urine, loss of appetite and light-coloured stool. It is passed in the stool and can be transmitted through hand contact when people don't wash their hands thoroughly after using the bathroom, changing a diaper or preparing food.

Infected people typically develop jaundice with yellowish eyes and skin. The virus usually passes in a few weeks.

No additional cases are suspected but officials say more cases are possible as part of the normal course of the virus.

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Aug 21, 2006
Canadian Press: ROSS MAROWITS

MONTREAL (CP) - A cocktail of bacteria, parasites and viruses in the water of Montreal's swimming pools has forced the city to close two-thirds of its outdoor facilities.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay asked mayors of the city's 19 boroughs to close 48 of the city's 73 outdoor pools following a media investigation. "Public health is important for our administration," Tremblay said Monday at a news conference. "We have to make sure that the safety our pools for our children and their parents is absolutely perfect."

Tests found high levels of E. coli, C. difficile, Legionella, Hepatitis A, and Giardia, which can cause various reactions, including diarrhea, nausea, eye and skin irritations and respiratory problems.

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The Chronicle Herald
August 16, 2006

Canada-A summer outbreak of hepatitis A in the Lower Sackville area seems to be in a lull.

The Capital district health authority said in a statement Tuesday that no new cases of the virus have been reported since Aug. 8 and no new suspected cases have been identified.

Public health personnel say they will continue to investigate the outbreak, because hepatitis A has an incubation period of 30 days and could reappear later in the summer.

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Evidence aside, parents face tough choices
By: Raheem Hosseini
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The kids are finally back at school this week, but not without meeting the state's growing list of immunization requirements. But as the list grows, so does anecdotal concern over just how much medicine is too much.

"The problem is some of the fear out there is based on ... real dated information," said Cathy Dunbar, El Dorado County's immunization coordinator.

The reasons for parents' abstention varies, but one significant concern is borne from the much debated link between these vaccines and the spike in childhood autism cases.

Between 1987 and 2002, the number of individuals with full syndrome autism receiving services in California jumped 634 percent. That includes a staggering 97 percent increase between 1999 and 2002, when the state's autistic population went from 10,360 to 20,377, and doesn't include autism related disorders like Asperger's.

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August 15, 2006
Annie Kim
WREG TV

MEMPHIS, TN - The new school year means new teachers and new friends for students. But health officials are focused on developing healthy minds through good habits.

"Children going back to school are going to be exposed to colds, upper respiratory things," said School Health Supervisor Kathleen Johnston.

Five year old Ladvicus Sampson is starting Kindergarten this year. Jamie Sampson said she's making sure her son practices good hygiene.

"Make sure he keeps his face clean, his nails clean and his hands clean all of that," said Sampson.

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August 15, 2006

Newswise -- Educating your child's immune system is an important part of preventing disease and an important part of preparing for the upcoming school year.

Children can be immunized against a number of serious infectious diseases by receiving vaccines, said Andrew J. White, M.D., a pediatrician at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital. Some vaccinations are given at birth and most are scheduled throughout early childhood, but important boosters should be given to school-age children.

"By following a regular schedule, and making sure a child is properly immunized, parents can ensure the best defense against dangerous childhood diseases, such as polio, measles and hepatitis," said White. "This protection is long-lasting, and will work this school year, next school year and into adulthood."

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Aug 15, 2006

WILMINGTON -- August is National Immunization Awareness Month. A lot of people don't like needles, but getting vaccinated is important to your health and disease prevention. That's the message from the New Hanover County Health Department.

The health department says they have some new vaccines and ways of helping you keep track of what you've been vaccinated against.

If you get your shots at the health department, they're registered with the North Carolina immunization registry. It's a computerized database that keeps track of all your shots.

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2006-08-14

NINETY-THREE teachers and students have been quarantined in a high school in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after 69 students contracted acute hepatitis A, health officials said.

Fifty-six of the 69 students were still hospitalized yesterday. Yu Yang, deputy director of the Pingnan County Health Bureau, said Siwang Township reported 77 acute hepatitis A cases from July 21 to Wednesday, 69 of whom are students of the Siwang Township No. 2 High School.

As of yesterday, 13 of the 77 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.

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(Xinhua)
2006-08-13

NANNING -- Ninety-three teachers and students have been quarantined in a high school in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as 69 students of the school have contracted acute hepatitis A over the past 20 more days, local health official said on Sunday.

At press time, 56 of the 69 students are still hospitalized.

Yu Yang, deputy director of the Pingnan County Health Bureau, said Siwang Township reported 77 acute hepatitis A cases from July 21 to August 9, 69 of whom are students of the Siwang Township No. 2 High School. As of Sunday, 13 of the 77 patients have recoverd and been discharged from hospital.

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CP Health News
August 10, 2006

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. (CP) - Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A - a temporary, flu-like illness - following an outbreak in a community outside Halifax.

That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower Sackville, N.S.

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Aug 9, 2006
Canadian Press

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. (CP) - Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A - a temporary, flu-like illness - following an outbreak in a community outside Halifax.

That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower Sackville, N.S.

In mid-July, dozens of people began experiencing flu-like symptoms.

Public health officials said last month they had traced the infection back to a community barbecue in mid-June.

But Geoff Wilson, a spokesman for the Capital Health District, said Tuesday other potential sources are being considered as well.

He said they're attempting to trace the whereabouts of each infected person.

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The Chronicle Herald
Halifax, Nova Scotia
August 9, 2006

Three more people in Lower Sackville have been found to be infected with hepatitis A, public health officials announced Tuesday.

These cases are connected to a local outbreak that began in early June. Last week, the Capital district health authority said seven cases had been identified at that point.

No new cases are suspected, but surveillance will continue for some time.

One infected person was a student at Hillside Park Elementary School, and another works at Rock Church.

Public health staff have now vaccinated 75 family members, friends and close associates of the 10 confirmed cases.

Hepatitis A is passed in the stool and can be transmitted through hand contact when people don't properly wash after using the bathroom or changing a diaper and before preparing food. Its flu-like symptoms include diarrhea and loss of appetite, dark urine and light-coloured stool. Infected people typically develop jaundice with yellowy eyes and skin. The virus usually passes in a few weeks.

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August 9, 2006
Journal Pioneer (Summerside)
CP

Three more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A following an
outbreak in a community outside of Halifax.

That brings to 10 the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Lower
Sackville, N.S.

In mid-July dozens of people began experiencing flu-like symptoms.
Public health officials said last month they had traced the infection
back to a community barbecue in mid-June.

But Geoff Wilson, a spokesman for the Capital Health District, said
Tuesday other potential sources are being considered as well.

He says they're attempting to trace the whereabouts of each infected person.
Dr. Shelly Sarwal, medical officer of health, said last month that the
first case was spotted in early June.

More than 75 people who have had close contact with that person and
others who have fallen ill have been vaccinated against the liver
disease.

It takes about 30 days for an exposed person to become sick and that
person can pass on the virus about two weeks before, and one week
after, becoming ill.

Hepatitis A is passed in the stool and can be transmitted through hand
contact when people don't properly wash after using the bathroom or
changing a diaper and before preparing food.

There is no treatment for hepatitis A.

Its flu-like symptoms include diarrhea and loss of appetite, dark
urine and light-coloured stool. Infected people typically develop
jaundice with yellowy eyes and skin.

The virus usually passes in a few weeks. Unlike hep B and C,
transmitted through blood and body fluids, it does not lead to
lifelong infection.

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by Angie Newsome
ANEWSOME@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
August 8, 2006

ASHEVILLE -- Lice. Colds. Ringworm. Ah, to be a kid in school.

Getting sick at school is a rite of passage, like learning to write or do algebra. Just take a look at the chart above, which includes everything from mumps to meningitis.

But there are some things you can do to keep diseases at bay as the school year gears up. Last year, a whooping cough outbreak spread throughout the county, more than 50 cases.

The top piece of advice from Dr. Susan Mims, medical director at the Buncombe County Health Center? Wash your hands.

"I can't emphasize enough that with all the immunizations and all the things we offer that probably the most effective way to prevent the spread everything on the list is good hand washing," she said. "We need to teach them to wash their hands and model that for them."

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August 4, 2006
The Daily News (Halifax)

Jennifer Taplin Nurse Christine Johnson's face glows. Yesterday, she showed kids the danger of germs with simulated Glo Germ. The powder looks invisible to the naked eye, but under a black light, it glows.

"It shows children how easily germs are transmitted," said Johnson, after the group of kids left.

At a hepatitis A information open house at Rock Church in Sackville yesterday, Johnson put a little Glo Germ on her hand and then shook another person's hand.

The black light shows how easy it is to share germs. Johnson said she forgot sometimes about the powder on her hand and often touched her face.

These information sessions are in response to an outbreak of hepatitis A. Seven cases of hepatitis A were reported in Lower Sackville by Capital Health this week.

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04.aug.06
Canada News-Wire
Paul Callanan, Director of Environmental Health, Region of Peel

Brampton -- Peel Public Health has identified a case of Hepatitis A in an employee from the Tim Horton's restaurant at 2 Intermodal Drive in Brampton. Any customer at this location from July 8 to July 21, 2006 has a low risk of exposure to Hepatitis A.

"The risk of transmission in this case is low. At this point in time, we are not recommending vaccination of customers who might have been exposed.

However, as a precaution, we are advising customers who visited this Tim Horton's location between July 8 and 21 to monitor themselves for signs and symptoms of Hepatitis A," said Dr. Eileen De Villa, Associate Medical Officer of Health for the Region of Peel.

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Express News Service

Rajkot, August, 3: As many as 18 cases of Hepatitis A were reported in the city on Thursday. An investigation by the health department of Rajkot Municipal Corporation revealed that the drinking water supply had been contaminated following seepage of sewage water into pipeline.

ëëA total of 18 cases of Hepatitis A were reported from Gandhi Vasahat Society in Ward 5 on Morbi Road. The cases were detected during a survey by a team of health officials,'' said RMC Health Officer Pankaj Rathod. He ruled out the possibility of other such cases from nearby areas.

A person suffering from Hepatitis A has symptoms of fever, malaise, nausea, anorexia and abdominal discomfort -- all these due to inflammation in the liver.

On Wednesday, a delegation from the ward, led by councillor Anil Makawan, had made a complaint about some people having such symptoms. On Thursday, the health team conducted the survey and detected the cases.

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Wednesday, August 2, 2006
CBC News

Health officials have confirmed seven cases of hepatitis A in Lower Sackville, a community north of Halifax.

The hepatitis A virus, which attacks the liver, is spread when a person puts something in his mouth that has been contaminated by the feces of someone infected.

Usually, it's passed by someone with hepatitis A who uses the toilet but doesn't wash his hands before touching food.

Symptoms may include fever, nausea, dark urine and jaundice, and usually pass within a few weeks. The virus is most serious in the elderly or those who have weakened immune systems.

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Star Beacon
By MARGIE TRAX PAGE
Staff Writer
mtrax@starbeacon.com

MADISON - -Water, water, everywhere.

Tall reeds and day lilies grow along the banks of the small creek on the east side of Chris and Tina Green's home on Main St.

The small, unassuming creek raged Friday morning, filling the Green's basement and garage with five feet of murky brown water.

The Green family all pitched in on Saturday and Sunday, hauling carpets, televisions, and waterlogged books to the curb, scrubbing hard surfaces with disinfectant and assessing the home's water damage.

Many families in Lake County are taking assessment belongings touched by flood water and have the difficult decision of what items to throw away and what can be salvaged.

The Lake County Health Department is warning residents of infectious organisms, including intestinal bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Shigella; Hepatitis A Virus; and agents found in paratyphoid and tetanus, are often found in floodwater.

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