August 2006

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.Continue Reading Expert: handwashing key in preventing hepatitis A

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.Continue Reading Hepatitis A case identified in Tim Horton’s restaurant

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…

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.Continue Reading Hep A outbreak hits Lower Sackville

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.Continue Reading Flood waters pose health hazards