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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Anatomy of a Meningitis Outbreak | Redux

Anatomy of a Meningitis Outbreak

The Stethoscope
The Stethoscope by Alex E. Proimos
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The 42-day risk period for contracting fungal meningitis from tainted steroid injections ended on Wednesday (since the drugs were recalled on Sept. 26) but new case reports will probably continue to trickle into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for at least a few months, said the CDC's fungal disease expert Dr. Tom Chiller. (The Centers for Disease Control/AP Photo) The fungal meningitis outbreak that sickened 414 people this fall was unprecedented -- first, because only people who received a tainted steroid injection were at risk; and, second, because the fungus wasn't known for making people sick, let alone causing a deadly inflammatory disease that's killed 31 people so far. Health officials on the local, state and federal levels had to work together to trace the cause of the outbreak and get the word out to at-risk patients and their doctors.

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Dr. David Reagan

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Organization: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

World's tallest woman, 39, dies in China | Essentials

World's tallest woman, 39, dies in China

Local Commuter Array Train in Casablanca (Dar Al-Baida)
Local Commuter Array Train in Casablanca (Dar Al-Baida) by Omer Simkha
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The local Xin'an Evening News did not give the cause of death but said in a report that Yao suffered from gigantism, with a tumor on her pituitary gland disrupting her levels of growth hormone. A government official in her county who gave only his surname, Liu, confirmed Yao's death on Wednesday. The Xin'an newspaper said Yao learned to play basketball when young, and that she was 6 feet and 7 inches tall by the age of 15. In a Chinese-language video from three years ago, Yao expressed anguish at her unusual height. "I am very unhappy. Why am I this tall?" she said from her bed.

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-0.0154678"I am very unhappy. Why am I this tall?" she said from her bed. "If I were not this tall, others would not look at me like this."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
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Liu

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  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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