Kentucky

  • Norovirus sickens hundreds of competing cloggers in Kentucky

    Posted: August 20th, 2011 - 8:21pm by Doug Powell

    Hundreds of dancers, coaches and spectators came down with norovirus following last weekend's clogging competition at the Morehead Conference Center near Lexington, Kentucky.

    WKYT reports the best way to prevent spreading the virus is to wash hands and clean with diluted bleach.

     

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  • Burger King employee diagnosed with hepatitis A

    Posted: November 23rd, 2010 - 12:57pm by Doug Powell

    There’s been a few cases of hepatitis A showing up in the Ashland, Kentucky area over the past few days.

    Today, investigators think they’ve indentified the source: a food service worker at Burger King who had to not only test positive, but have poop on his hands to transmit the virus.

    WSAZ reports the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department has confirmed the employee worked the drive-thru window during the week of November 7 and the dates of November 15 and 17. The employee’s contact with patrons was limited to the drive-thru window, so patrons who ate inside the restaurant were not at risk of exposure. Since the employee was not involved in food preparation, the risk of becoming ill is low.

    The employee was a close contact of a previously identified case of Hepatitis A.

    So far all of the cases in Boyd County are linked to close contacts of earlier cases. No cases associated only with consuming food items from the restaurant have been identified as of Tuesday, November 23.
     

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  • Children abandoned at Kentucky Chuck E. Cheese

    Posted: July 28th, 2010 - 12:36pm by Doug Powell

    People go crazy at them Chuck E. Cheese restaurants.

    In 2007 an outbreak of foodborne illness, leading to 4 hospitalizations, was linked to an employee changing the diaper of a diarrhea-stricken toddler in the kitchen of a Maryland Chuck E. Cheese.

    WPSD Local 6 reports that now, two women have pleaded guilty to leaving their kids alone at a Chuck E. Cheese in Paducah, Kentucky while they went shopping.

    Marilyn Thomas and Kimberly Cali left a 3-year-old and a 9-year-old at Chuck E. Cheese for an hour and a half while they went shopping.

    One of the children was Cali's daughter. The other was her niece. Thomas was the children's grandmother.

    They spent four hours in jail for the crime, and owe $200 in fines and $210 each in court costs.
     

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  • 30 sick with Shigella in Daviess Co., Kentucky

    Posted: May 13th, 2010 - 8:06am by Doug Powell

    News25 reports the Green River District Health Department is confirming 30 cases of the bacteria illness called Shigella in Daviess County. Now, the Kentucky Department of Public Health is getting involved.

    "We haven't seen anything like this in a while," said GRDHD Regional Epidemiologist Janie Cambron.

    NEWS 25 was the first to report health officials were investigating cases of Shigella in Daviess County. Since last Thursday, the number of confirmed cases jumped from 15 to 30. Health officials say none however stem from this past weekend's Bar-B-Q fest where extra hand sanitizer were distributed.

    Two other counties in the state are also reporting high numbers of Shigella. Prompting the state to become part of the investigation.

    Of the 30 confirmed cases in Daviess County, 27 are with kids ages 13 and younger. Cambron says she's talked with many concerned parents asking if their kids should stay home. If they attend a childcare center, they must be symptom free for 24 hours before returning.

    Wash hands.

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