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...same day she was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, freshman midfielder Katie Westfall was unavailable against Quinnipiac because of a case of the chicken pox. Westfall, who is second on the team in scoring with 17 points, is currently under quarantine, but should be able to play on Saturday against Hartford...
...pox on all "sacred" places! A good solution would be to level Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif and build low-cost housing for the poor. I am certain that God (if he exists) would approve. Harold A. Falconer Farmington, Conn...
Critics insist that these diseases were already being conquered by better nutrition and sanitation before vaccines came along, and that the epidemics would eventually have petered out on their own. Oh, really? Then why hasn't the incidence of common colds declined and the number of chicken-pox cases (for which a vaccine was licensed only five years ago) been reduced? The sharp decline in communicable diseases has coincided, in each case, with the introduction of an appropriate vaccine...
...clearinghouse in Minnetonka, Minn., some 500,000 American children are sick enough to stay home from school or day care. While some of those kids are seriously ill, a fairly large percentage simply need to be isolated to prevent the spread of minor illnesses such as pinkeye and chicken pox. Or they need one more fever-free day after a bout of flu or strep throat before returning to school or day care. "In a perfect world, you wouldn't give it a thought. You'd stay home," says Gail Johnson, immediate past president of the National Association for Sick...
Those contradictions will never be fully resolved, but in the meantime, parents can try an ounce of prevention. The first order of business: the chicken-pox vaccine. It's not 100% effective, but at the very least it shortens the illness, which can last a week or more. And even toddlers can learn good hygiene: besides cutting down on colds, your family may also dodge the flu, which strikes roughly half the school-age population in any given year. Clean hands and plenty of tissues have worked for our friend Elizabeth, who is rarely sick--despite what the school nurse...