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East High Student Contracts Tuberculosis
The city health department said a student at East High School has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Last week, the student went to a clinic with a cough, and on Wednesday, the Health Department confirmed it was TB. The student is a foreign national, officials said.
Investigators were scheduling TB skin tests for students and others who may have been exposed, the health department said Thursday. About 80 people will be tested.
"If we catch these people while at this stage, if they've been infected and treat them now, they won't develop the disease or pass it on to anyone else," said Jeff Hershberger with Kansas City Health Department.
The Kansas City School District sent a letter home to parents about the case.
Any confirmed or suspected TB case should be immediately reported to the Health Department at 816-513-6152. More>>
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Drake Relays: Athletes don't fade away after stardom
She helps low-income patients fulfill basic medical needs, such as dental care.
�I like it, because I get to do something every day for someone,� Bremser said. �Kids in school today have much higher needs than I did growing up.�
Bremser also serves as a cross country coach for nearby Middleton High School.
Abby (Emsick) Reese, a seven-time Drake champion, also entered the nursing profession. The former shot put and discuss specialist works for the Dermatology Surgery Center in Omaha.
�We mostly deal with skin cancer, just basic care,� Reese said. �We get a lot of referrals throughout the state of Nebraska.� . More>>
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Two cents: Firms take financial sting out of litigation
Either kind of failure can have catastrophic results. With all the new employment legislation coming out of Congress right now, every employer needs to review its personnel policies and update the company handbook. One of the most critical areas to pay close attention to is wage and hour regulations. They are complex and easy to misunderstand, but a mistake can conceivably cost even a midsize company millions of dollars in a class-action lawsuit. It is also essential to begin dealing with any litigation or potential litigation by insisting on an early and candid case assessment with the client, in which we listen to what he or she really hopes to achieve. Some clients feel that it is important to set a precedent that the company will not settle, to avoid copycat claims. Other clients take a bottom-line approach and are primarily concerned with minimizing legal expenses. More>>
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Corsham School mourning for assistant head
His son said: “I had been away on holiday in America for a wedding when I got a text from my dad saying ‘sorry I have cancer'. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer and it spread through his body. “He tried radiotherapy and chemotherapy at Salisbury District Hospital and then Southampton Hospital and even tried a new trial drug that gave him several more months of life but had bad side effects.
“He chose to come off the drug in October last year so that he could spend Christmas at home with us.
“It was one of my best memories of my dad having him at home and seeing him able to eat properly for the first time in a month."
Mr Ridler wants to thank his father's friends and family for the support they gave him during his illness, specifically Mr Chapman and his wife Amanda. More>>
