Clinicians at MIT Medical are reporting an increased number of patients with acute gastroenteritis—“probably norovirus,” says Associate Medical Director Howard Heller.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has announced the state's first confirmed case of enterovirus D68. The patient, a school-aged child with a history of asthma who became ill in early September, was treated at an area hospital and is now back at home.
MIT Medical recommends that individuals returning from an area affected by Ebola be in touch with campus health officials to identify their level of risk and, if necessary, be instructed on how to monitor their health until the 21-day incubation period has passed.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a level-3 travel advisory for travel to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the West African countries currently experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of Ebola virus.
With sunny skies, a slight breeze, and temperatures in the mid-70s, the only weather-related medical-tent visits involved a couple of sunscreen requests and a few people looking for some shade.
