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Cribbage builds on math, thinking skills  -  25 Mar 2008
St. Cloud Times,A bout of scarlet fever left him stuck in bed, so his mother taught him cribbage. "My mother and father used to sit down and play three games of cribbage

Hospital guards against outbreak; Four cases of bacterial ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Orillia Packet & Times,It can cause strep throat, wound infections, scarlet fever or necritizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease). It can be more harmful when present in organs or

PORTAGE PATHWAYS: Scarlet fever formidable foe 75 years ago  -  Mar 23, 2008
Bedford Times Register,He cited one school district, with an enrollment of 204 pupils, that had seen 55 cases of scarlet fever since Jan 1. With 6468 students enrolled in the

Shock rise in rate of scarlet fever cases  -  Mar 19, 2008
Huddersfield Examiner,Dr Schweiger said: “We would expect to see a few cases of scarlet fever – especially at this time of year – but there are an unusually high number being

Kehrs Mill Elementary School Students Diagnosed with Scarlet Fever  -  Mar 18, 2008
KSDK,By Sharon Stevens, Education Reporter (KSDK) -- Several cases of scarlet fever prompts Rockwood School officials to urge parents to look for signs of the

Scarlet fever reported at school in Chesterfield  -  Mar 17, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,By Blythe Bernhard Parents should watch for signs of scarlet fever in their children after several cases of the illness were reported at Kehrs Mill

Over 100 hit by scarlet fever outbreak in region  -  Mar 18, 2008
Yorkshire Post,By Mike Waites Health Correspondent MORE than 100 people have been hit by an outbreak of scarlet fever centred on West Yorkshire. Doctors are monitoring an

Other suspected cases of scarlet fever in Gozo  -  Mar 14, 2008
Malta Independent Online,The Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention said that another two cases of Scarlet fever, suspected to be linked, have been reported in

Second suspected Scarlet Fever outbreak in Gozo  -  Mar 13, 2008
di-ve.com,...and Disease Prevention said today that another two suspected cases of Scarlet Fever outbreak in children have been reported, once again in Gozo.

More suspected cases of scarlet fever in Gozo  -  Mar 8, 2008
Malta Independent Online,The Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention said that two suspected linked cases of scarlet fever in children have been reported in Gozo.

Suspected Scarlet Fever outbreak in Gozo  -  Mar 7, 2008
di-ve.com,These cases were also of Scarlet Fever in children. Between 1997 and last June, there were just nine cases reported.

Scarlet fever reported at school  -  Feb 29, 2008
The Columbian,By TOM VOGT, Columbian staff writer Three cases of scarlet fever have been confirmed in the community, according a note sent home Friday afternoon to

Scarlet Fever Cases Increasing  -  Feb 27, 2008
WDIV,Detroit area doctors said they are seeing an increase in the number of scarlet fever cases. According to doctors, the illness is common during the winter

Scarlet fever at the Oscars  -  Feb 24, 2008
Metro,Dame Helen Mirren, Julie Christie, Heidi Klum, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Ruby Dee and Miley Cyrus were all seen wearing fire-engine red gowns at the

Health alert warning issued  -  Mar 18, 2008
Bradford Telegraph Argus,By Claire Lomax A double health alert has gone out following an outbreak of influenza and scarlet fever across the district. All schools in Bradford and

Warrington bettering national trend on whooping cough  -  Mar 18, 2008
Northwich Guardian,By Joanna Lean NEW Government figures that show an increase in levels of whooping cough, tuberculosis, scarlet fever and cholera in the north west are not

It’s strep time  -  Mar 1, 2008
South Bend Tribune,If it was strep throat, as I was suspecting, I didn’t want it turning into Scarlet Fever. I guess strep and a nasty flu have been running amuck here in

Philly Finds 56 Drugs in Its Water  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Associated Press...urinary infections Penicillin G — for anthrax, other infections Penicillin V — for pneumonia, scarlet fever, infections of ear, skin,

Family historians drive information superhighway  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Age,...like that of Patrick Smith, 36, the names of his three children added to his gravestone after succumbing to scarlet fever two years after his death.

Playmaker’s performance of ‘Velveteen Rabbit’ effortless  -  Mar 5, 2008
2TheAdvocate,The Scarlet Fear, the name used for scarlet fever, in the play is represented by girls in red dancewear who pose around the stage looking menacingly at the

YourHealth: Heal with homeopathy  -  Mar 15, 2008
New Straits Times,It gained recognition because of its success in treating the many epidemic diseases rampant at the time like scarlet fever, typhoid, cholera and yellow

Aledo remembered through the eyes of Alice Philipp  -  Mar 18, 2008
Aledo Times Record,We had mumps, whooping cough, chicken pox, three kinds of measles and Margaret had scarlet fever when she was in high school. A household was quarantined

Questions arising  -  Mar 17, 2008
Guardian,..."I had caught scarlet fever and was in quarantine in the seminary when the posters went up requiring everyone born in 1924 to report to the military," he

Our football teams must go to Beijing  -  Mar 15, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,This sickly child suffered one illness after another -- mumps, measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, double pneumonia -- and while still a young girl was

Parvovirus B19  -  Mar 13, 2008
thepaper24-7.com,Rubella, measles, scarlet fever and roseola were already taken. Since it was the fifth illness described that also caused a skin rash or 'exanthem," thatfs

YESTERDAYS: Norfolks top Hingham at Wompatuck Club  -  Mar 20, 2008
Hingham Journal,...daughter of Harry McKee of Thaxter street, is about again, after being confined to her home for the past month with an attack of Scarlet Fever.

'Bygone era diseases on the increase'  -  Mar 13, 2008
Sunderland Echo,The new HPA data also showed cases of scarlet fever in the North East fell from 149 in 2003 to 110 last year, mumps dropped by 544 to 158, and TB dipped

Doctor relishes role as Albany Med’s new chief of pediatric neurology  -  Mar 20, 2008
Schenectady Gazette,He had this enormous black leather bag, and I remember when I had scarlet fever I was so sick I thought I’d die, and he came and took care of me.

Whooping cough cases soar  -  Mar 10, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,There were 1442 cases of mumps and 1876 of scarlet fever last year, although these are down on the previous year. Whooping cough, also called pertussis,

Whooping cough cases up 177%  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Press AssociationThere were also 1442 cases of mumps in England and Wales and 1876 cases of scarlet fever last year - although these are down on the previous year.

Success stories are so rife that it's a relief to hear about ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Guardian,...facing life as a widow, and Jane McDonald would have accepted the obvious, given up the singing, and got a job at Tesco. of scarlet fever along the way.

A welcome return for chamber music  -  Mar 18, 2008
Berkshire Eagle,...that Smetana wrote the piece in memory of his eldest daughter, Bedriska, who showed great musical promise before her death of scarlet fever in 1855.

The End of Antibiotics and the Rise of Iodine as an Effective ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Natural News.com,Diseases include measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pneumonia, influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria and polio.

Got an itch?: Experts baffled by the urge to scratch  -  Mar 3, 2008
Independent,Eczema, psoriasis and rosacea; chickenpox and scarlet fever; threadworms and haemorrhoids; fungal infection; candidasis; pregnancy; insect bites and stings;

Land at a price  -  Mar 17, 2008
Taranaki Daily News,The overcrowding and stresses of war affected both European and Maori alike and they suffered from diarrhoea, influenza, diphtheria and scarlet fever.

From little acorns, nuts  -  Feb 29, 2008
Guardian,She did not, however, always have enough to eat and in caring for others even less fortunate than themselves the young Alcotts caught first scarlet fever

Infectious diseases claim 13000 lives  -  Feb 24, 2008
China Internet Information Center|,Scarlet fever and measles were the two respiratory tract infections to have registered the sharpest increase in the number of people infected.

Readers say no to mandated vaccines  -  Mar 13, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,...mean "suffer" through the whooping cough, measles, German measles mumps, chicken pox and scarlet fever, I am all for vaccinations," writes Joann Korns.

How a Textbook, a Former Baptist Minister, and an Oil Tycoon ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...that his father's decision coincided with the death of a beloved grandson, John Rockefeller McCormick, who died at age 3 years from scarlet fever.

Tragic ID girls were never happier than when they heard John and ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Paisley Daily Express,In these days, the hospital accommodated patients with scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria, whooping cough and tuberculosis. Built in 1887 in countryside

Whooping cough cases have doubled  -  Mar 11, 2008
Daily Mail,There were also 1442 cases of mumps in England and Wales and 1876 cases of scarlet fever last year - although these were down on the previous year.

Whooping cough cases "have jumped"  -  Mar 11, 2008
Nursing in Practice,There were also 1442 cases of mumps in England and Wales, and 1876 cases of scarlet fever last year, but these are a reduction on 2006.

Cases of whooping cough are on increase  -  Mar 11, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,...gone up from 174 cases in 2003 to 203 in 2006. There were 1442 cases of mumps in England and Wales and 1876 cases of scarlet fever last year, down on 2006.

Frontier financiers develop area  -  Mar 10, 2008
Jamestown Sun,Although Wells and his three children were suffering from scarlet fever, they huddled around two wood-burning stoves and a fireplace to enjoy what EP Wells

Holocaust survivor visits Salem Lutheran  -  Mar 6, 2008
Stillwater Gazette,After she recovered from scarlet fever, De Wilde was put on the second to last train to Auschwitz. "We talked about whether we should try to break out of

YESTERDAYS: Businessmen seek homes in Hingham  -  Mar 6, 2008
Hingham Journal,Miss Dorothy McKee who is one of those who is confined to her home with Scarlet Fever is getting better and will soon be out and among her friends again.

Houseman, Holt have state title dreams  -  Mar 6, 2008
Grand Haven Tribune,..."I remember one of my friends called me and asked me if I had scarlet fever. It was ridiculous. "Although it turned out to be nothing, going through the

Up the down stairs — and up again and again  -  Mar 5, 2008
Arkansas Times,In November of last year, the girl was diagnosed with scarlet fever. In the process of trying to find out where the girl might have caught it,

Do you remember? Brookfield station drops price of gas to 98.9...  -  Mar 3, 2008
Danbury News Times,The emergency arose through the diagnosis yesterday (Feb. 27, 1933) of the illness of Mrs. Thomas W. Cone, who has charge of the office, as scarlet fever.

Medical lesson from 19th-century quarantine island: Be prepared  -  Mar 2, 2008
ChronicleHerald.ca,If you can imagine the misery of being ill with smallpox or scarlet fever, think about enduring it in an unheated building in the middle of winter.

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