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Norovirus Prompts Hope College Shutdown, Quarantine

Norovirus Prompts Hope College Shutdown, Quarantine

Hope College in Holland, Michigan has been shut down until Wednesday after a campus-wide outbreak of a noro-like virus. The emergency order was issued by the Ottawa Country Health Department after the number of cases had risen to 400 out of Hope’s 3,226 students.


Infected students off campus have been told not to return to campus until they get...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: You can also monitor outbreak news at PFI Pandemic Flu Forum.

The Dept of Homeland Security Pandemic "Best Practices and Model Protocols" document from April, 2007

(especially pdf p 7: "The populat

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UCLA Robbery Suspects Arrested, Larger Worry Now Norovirus

UCLA Robbery Suspects Arrested, Larger Worry Now Norovirus

Hear that?

 

That is the sound of the giant sigh of relief on the UCLA campus that the suspects of the several robbery incidents in past days have been arrested.

 

“We had them [the police] saturate the areas where they had occurred last, and (we caught the suspects) with a little bit of luck and a little bit of experience,” said UCPD Sergeant R...

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Norovirus Hits Georgetown, Students Hit The Toilets

Norovirus Hits Georgetown, Students Hit The Toilets

A virus is spreading around Georgetown University, but not one of those embarrassing ones that affect you, ahem, down there...just a regular old gross, vomit-inducing one called norovirus.It’s highly contagious and more than 170 students have caught it in the past few days.

 

The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting and dehydration, as well as stom...

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