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April 25. 2013 10:13PM
Pembroke Academy illness attributed to norovirus
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tests have confirmed that norovirus - not food poisoning - caused members of the Pembroke Academy drama club to become frighteningly ill last week, state health officials said Thursday.
Students and school staff initially thought the illness came from take-out food a parent brought for the cast during a dress rehearsal for a "A Midsummer Night's Dream" last Wednesday. Students started vomiting about half an hour after eating and some were so ill they had to be hospitalized.
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More than a dozen students became ill about half an hour after eating take-out from the Olive Garden and many suspected the food was what caused the illness. But Jose Montero, New Hampshire director of public health, said right away he thought it was norovirus. The state had already had five outbreaks this month and this week's confirmation brings the total to six.
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http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130425/NEWS04/130429401
Pembroke Academy illness attributed to norovirus
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tests have confirmed that norovirus - not food poisoning - caused members of the Pembroke Academy drama club to become frighteningly ill last week, state health officials said Thursday.
Students and school staff initially thought the illness came from take-out food a parent brought for the cast during a dress rehearsal for a "A Midsummer Night's Dream" last Wednesday. Students started vomiting about half an hour after eating and some were so ill they had to be hospitalized.
...
More than a dozen students became ill about half an hour after eating take-out from the Olive Garden and many suspected the food was what caused the illness. But Jose Montero, New Hampshire director of public health, said right away he thought it was norovirus. The state had already had five outbreaks this month and this week's confirmation brings the total to six.
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http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130425/NEWS04/130429401