gastroenteritis developed in 50% of 232 students or teachers in an elementary school.(2) The virus initially was labeled as a small‚ round‚ structured virus‚ and it was named after the city in which the outbreak occurred(2) . Recently‚ norovirus infections have made news as the cause of several outbreaks of gastroenteritis on cruise ships. The viruses are transmitted via the fecal-oral route. The most common routes of infection included contact with an infected individual or contact
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Haagend Dazs can be found in more than 50 countries across the world. Ben and Jerry History Back in the 1978‚ Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took $5 ice cream makiing course and decided to open their own ice cream parlor. They choosed Burlington‚ Vermont as their place because it is a college town without ice cream parlor. Their first shop was opened in transformed old gas station. By 1979‚ on their forst anniversary‚ Ben and Jerry’s celebrated it by having free cone day. People can get free Ben and
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headquartered in South Burlington‚ Vermont‚ United States‚ with the main factory in Waterbury. It is best known as an ice cream brand‚ founded in 1978 in Burlington‚ Vermont. In 1977 lifelong friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield completed a correspondence course on ice cream making from the Pennsylvania State University’s Creamery. On May 5‚ 1978‚ with a $12‚000 investment the pair opened an ice cream parlor in a renovated gas station in downtown Burlington‚ Vermont. In 1979‚ they marked their anniversary
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Vt. House panel advances penny-an-ounce soda tax MONTPELIER‚ Vt. (AP) — A Vermont House committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation calling for a penny-an-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The House Health Care Committee voted 7-2‚ with two members absent‚ for the tax bill that would raise an estimated $27 million to support state health programs. Supporters say it will also discourage consumption of products that are big contributors to obesity. "We have an obesity epidemic and the
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Children’s Hospital is part of the Vermont Oxford Network‚ a nonprofit voluntary collaboration of healthcare professionals whose goal is to improve the quality and safety of the care newborns infants and their families receive (Vermont Oxford Network‚ 2007). Through Saint Joseph’s participation in the Vermont Oxford Network‚ the NICU has current studies on Delivery Room Management and Hypothermia Effects on Long-term Prognosis (HELP). Independent of the Vermont Oxford Network‚ the NICU has ongoing
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Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating food sources or products that have been contaminated with bacteria or viruses. The common bacteria known to cause food poisoning are the Escherichia coli and salmonella‚ while the rotavirus and the norovirus among many viruses. Symptoms of food poisoning include stomach cramps‚ abdominal pain‚ vomiting and diarrhea‚ lack of energy‚ appetite loss‚ muscle aches‚ chills‚ and
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is ideal for the trick I was about to attempt: a backflip. Ever since I was two‚ skiing consumed most weekends during the winter. Since my grandmother bought a house in West Dover‚ VT nearly 50 years ago‚ it has been a family ritual to migrate to Vermont every weekend. The whole Steinberg clan - cousins‚ aunts‚ uncles‚ and grandparents - cram into a three bedroom - turned five - cabin in the woods. The cabin was only meant to house four‚ yet now houses 12.
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year in Alaska‚ Rhode Island and Vermont is closer to zero than to one. In Oklahoma and Texas‚ the average jumps to 52 and 126‚ respectively‚ though the high number in Texas is mainly due to the state’s size. To account for the different sizes of states‚ tornado averages for the USA are compared by looking at the annual number per 10‚000 square miles — an around about the size of Vermont. For example‚ Oklahoma is about 70‚000 square miles‚ or about seven Vermonts. If the entire state averages 52
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The quality of our air‚ food and water play a significant role in our health. Contamination in any of these areas can cause both acute and chronic health conditions. Some common health conditions include cancer‚ cardiovascular disease‚ chronic respiratory disease‚ diarrheal diseases and maternal complications. Let’s look at a family who recently moved to the area and identify methods of quality improvements in air‚ water and food‚ after observing their apartment because as a nurse its my responsibility
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What man played a key role in Vermont becoming a state? Here’s a hint! It begins with an E and ends with a N. He was a revolutionary figure. The winter of 1738‚ Ethan Allen was born a native of Connecticut. Allen was said to be a tall‚ and a troublesome man. As Ethan and his family explored the New Hampshire Grants‚ it fostered his love of the land. He later settled there in 1762 with his own family‚ his wife‚ Mary Brownson‚ along with their five children and then again with his second wife and
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