Health officials urge post-flood caution
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:25:12 -0700
Public health officials advise residents affected by recent flooding to take precautions to protect their health, including attention to hygiene, current vaccinations and any actual contact with floodwaters.
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Temple U. Health Care Students Hold Neighborhood Fair
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:39:16 -0700
Temple University health care students shared their knowledge today with neighborhood children at a campus health fair. KYW’s Lynne Adkins reports that it was a fun and educational afternoon for about 200 children living near Temple University’s medical school. Student organizer Dana Pfaffle says the kids rotated through several workshops that stressed the importance of [...]
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Bad hygiene blamed for child diarrhoea deaths
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:07:56 -0700
At least 37 children, all younger than five, died of diarrhoea in the province's hospitals last summer. The provincial health department has blamed inadequate hygiene and poor sanitation for the spread of the rotavirus that caused severe gastroenteritis in small children.
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