KS: Concern grows about GI illness spreading from college into community

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More than Tabor students infected with mystery illness

By OLIVIA HASELWOOD

Staff writer

Dr. Paige Hatcher of St. Luke Physicians Clinic said she has treated Marion residents infected with the same unidentified illness that has struck nearly 20 percent of Tabor College students.

?I have seen some patients this week, not many with similar symptoms, but it?s hard to know if it?s the same virus or not at this point,? she said. ?We did get a notice this week from the Kansas Health Department saying they?re concerned about a possible outbreak.?

The illness presents much like food poisoning with intense vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramping that last a few days...