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...through the air (via respiratory secretions or airborne spread of secretions from the chickenpox lesions). The usual incubation period is 13 to 17 days.  Initial symptoms may be sore throat, fever, headache or other viral like symptoms. These often occur a few days before the rash, which traditionally starts on covered parts of the body (chest or trunk) and then spreads to other areas...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Chickenpox is the New Swine Flu | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...community of Indian Village hired Dusing in 2003, after a rash of property crimes. An estimated 15% of the neighborhood's homes are foreclosed, a result of the national real estate crisis, which has hit Detroit particularly hard. Vacant homes are an open invitation to burglars and vandals. Neighbors install motion sensors and curtains in them and maintain the lawns to make the properties appear occupied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: Where Private Security Is Booming | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Authorities quickly issued health warnings about waterborne diseases after the storm. For leptospirosis, people were told to cover cuts and abrasions with waterproof bandages, and thoroughly wash after wading in floodwater. Early symptoms of the disease include fever, rash, vomiting and jaundice; renal failure, hemorrhaging and liver disease are among its life-threatening complications. An average of 680 leptospirosis cases and 40 deaths from the disease are reported every year in the Philippines. And while its incidence is far higher in tropical than temperate regions, global surveillance of the disease is generally poor, said Adam Craig of WHO's Western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manila, After the Floods, Battles 'Rat Fever' | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...splatter movies carry a sadistic punch, but those are outside most moviegoers' experience. What Peli is interested in is dread, a feeling everyone is familiar with. (Will I lose my job? Has she found someone else? Why hasn't our kid come home yet? What's that strange rash?) Movies take that anxiety, crystallize it and, because fiction demands an ending, resolve it. The threat is provided, the fear made flesh, the monster confronted. All gone - feel better? Horror movies provide vicarious psychotherapy in an hour and a half. PA is different. At the end, it doesn't let viewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paranormal Activity: A Horror Phenomenon | 10/10/2009 | See Source »

...haven’t had any more injuries since we had a rash of ones right before the Holy Cross game,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “We’re hanging in there...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Clash with Cornell Defense Tomorrow | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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