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• U.S. case of mad cow discovered

  April 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the … 5

• Care for meat a field priority

  September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K14 Keep it cool; keep it clean. These two basic rules for bringing premium game meat to the table are a challenge when hunters face hot weather, dirt and insects in …

• Jail Vaccinations Unlikely Officials Say Vaccinating Inmates Against Hepatitis A Too Costly, Without Guarantees

  March 3, 1998 in City on Page B1 Spokane’s health district appears to be losing a battle to get state money to vaccinate jail inmates against hepatitis A - in part because state health workers are lobbying against …

• No New E. Coli Cases Traced To Y Day Care 23-Month-Old Girl Infected In Fair Condition At Deaconess

  February 27, 1998 in Idaho on Page B3 No new cases of E. coli have been traced to the downtown YMCA day-care center. Eight cases of the sometimes fatal bacteria have been linked to the center, but only …

• Bakery Worker Tests Positive For Hepatitis A U-City Rosauers Customers Advised To Get Immune-Globulin Shots

  February 17, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 People who had drinks or doughnuts at a Spokane Valley supermarket in the past month might have been exposed to hepatitis A. A bakery worker at the U-City Rosauers store, …

• Puerto Ricans Warned About Lethal Dengue Fever

  February 9, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Puerto Rico’s health secretary urged residents Sunday to take precautions to guard against an outbreak of a potentially lethal type of dengue fever. An elderly San Juan man has been …

• Dealing With Life As A Diabetic

  February 5, 1998 in Sports on Page C1 Two months after his seventh birthday our worst fears were confirmed. Our son Jared was, like Travis Pascoe, diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Today Jared is a sophomore at University …

• Needles And Pins Diabetes No Match For Determined Pascoe

  February 5, 1998 in Sports on Page C1 (From Replay, February 6, 1998): A story about wrestler Travis Pascoe in Thursday’s editions incorrectly said his father, Lee, has Type I diabetes. Wrestling with diabetes. Travis Pascoe isn’t bothered …

• El Nino Being Blamed For Illness, 14 Deaths

  February 3, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Unsanitary conditions blamed on the El Nino weather phenomenon have hastened the spread of a fever that has killed 14 people in Peru this year, health officials said Monday. The …

• Waiting Line For Inoculations Continues

  January 21, 1998 in City on Page B3 People continued to wait outside the Spokane Regional Health District on Tuesday for a shot at an inoculation against hepatitis A. Health officer Dr. Kim Thorburn said 56 people have …

• Hepatitis A Cases Surge Overnight Supply Of Antidote Running Low

  January 17, 1998 in City on Page B1 Spokane County’s hepatitis A outbreak shot up Friday to 53 confirmed cases since Jan. 1, and the supply of preventive medicine was nearly exhausted. “Our number of cases is continuing …

• Hepatitis A Threat Widens Third Food Handler Infected; 20,000 People Possibly Exposed

  January 16, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 (From For the Record, January 17, 1998): Day wrong: Friday’s A-1 photograph of people lining up for shots at the Spokane Regional Health District offices was taken Wednesday not Thursday. …

• Quisenberry In Fight For Life

  January 14, 1998 in Sports on Page C3 Laugh today. Laugh once. Here, this might help. Once, when Dan Quisenberry won the American League Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, he was asked to accept the National League …

• Restaurant Employee Ill With Hepatitis A

  January 12, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A9 An employee at Players and Spectators restaurant on East Sprague has been diagnosed with hepatitis A and health officials recommend anyone who may have been served by the employee be …

• Hong Kong Admits Bungling Massive Killing Of Chickens Some Still Alive; Dogs, Cats, Rats May Have Gotten To Carcasses

  January 3, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Health workers gather dead chickens Friday at a Hong Kong farm. Photo by Associated Press

• Teen Is 14th To Come Down With Bird Flu Hong Kong Government Accused Of Overreacting; Chicken Farmers Demand Compensation

  January 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A12 Hong Kong confirmed a case of bird flu in a teenage girl Thursday, bringing to 14 the number of people known to be infected with the sometimes fatal virus. It …

• Chicken Flu Victims May Be First Of Worldwide Epicemic

  December 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Six people in Hong Kong who caught influenza from chickens may turn out to be the first patients in a worldwide epidemic caused by a new flu strain, says an …

• Restaurant Staff Get Hepatitis A Vaccinations

  December 6, 1997 in City on Page B3 The Spokane County Restaurant and Hospitality Association continues to work with the Spokane Regional Health District to curb an outbreak of hepatitis A, health officials said Friday. Eleven restaurants have …

• Health District Tries To Avert Declaring Hepatitis Emergency Officials Discuss Strategy With Restaurant Representatives

  November 25, 1997 in City on Page B1 The Spokane Regional Health District is trying to work with restaurants to avoid declaring a hepatitis A emergency that could cost businesses thousands of dollars. Restaurant representatives met with district …

• County Warns Of Hepatitis, Could Declare Emergency Restaurant, Bar Employees Urged To Get Vaccinations

  November 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Facing an epidemic of hepatitis A, Spokane County’s top health official is about to declare an emergency. Dr. Kim Thorburn, director of the Spokane Regional Health District, wants everyone who …

• Sunset Junction Worker Has Hepatitis; Shots Urged

  November 7, 1997 in City on Page B4 The Spokane Regional Health District is alerting residents that a food service worker at Sunset Junction, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd., has hepatitis A. It is recommended that anyone who ate …

• More Whooping Cough Cases Reported

  November 2, 1997 in Idaho on Page B6 Public health officials believe six more local people, including a 2-year-old, might have contracted whooping cough. Five cases in the Boise area were confirmed in October. All were adults.

• Kindergartner In Critical Condition, Meningitis Likely

  June 7, 1997 in Idaho on Page B2 A Clarkston, Wash., kindergarten student was in critical condition Friday with a possible case of meningococcal meningitis, the same form that killed an Idaho boy last year. Five-year-old Latisha Black …

• Hospitalized 6-Year-Old May Have Meningitis

  June 7, 1997 in City on Page B2 A Clarkston, Wash., kindergarten student is in the hospital with a possible case of meningococcal meningitis, which killed an Idaho boy last year. The 6-year-old girl was listed in stable …

• Farmed Fish Could Infect Wild Salmon

  May 30, 1997 in City on Page B5 Scientists are worried a viral infection among farmed Atlantic salmon in Johnstone Strait could spread to wild salmon stocks. Thousands of fish are infected with IHNV at the Nor Am …

• Soon There’ll Be Smiles All Around For Tough Little Ryan 12-Year-Old Idaho Boy Undergoes Surgery For His Facial Paralysis

  May 25, 1997 in City on Page B2 Ryan Coburn wants to give his father a big gift on Father’s Day - a little smile. It won’t be much of a smile. But it will be a happy …

• Whooping Cough Hits High School Health District Reports Five More Cases

  April 25, 1997 in Idaho on Page B1 Lake City High School has joined the ranks of North Idaho schools hit by pertussis. A Lake City student was among five more cases of whooping cough reported Thursday by …

• Eight More Pertussis Cases Detected

  April 24, 1997 in Idaho on Page B3 Eight more cases of whooping cough were confirmed in North Idaho Wednesday, bringing the total to 172. The last severe outbreak in North Idaho was 170 cases, and they took …

• Whooping Cough Cases Approaching 200 Number In Spokane County Up To 16; Most Are Children Who Were Vaccinated

  April 22, 1997 in City on Page B1 Health officials again are urging sick people to stay home after the count of pertussis victims climbed to 167 in North Idaho. In Spokane County, 16 people have been identified …

• Pertussis Testing Continues

  April 20, 1997 in City on Page B3 A steady stream of people needing to be tested for whooping cough kept health officials busy Saturday. A case of pertussis was reported in Shoshone County, bumping to 129 the …

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