Viruses spread ‘like crazy’ in an office, study finds

Viruses spread like wildfire in an average office, getting from people’s hands onto the communal coffeepot within hours and spreading from doors to desks almost instantly, an expert reported Monday. It only takes two to four hours for a virus to get off, say, a coffee pot handle and onto a desk. “The hand was…

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Unusual respiratory virus strikes hundreds of metro kids

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An unusual respiratory virus is striking children in the metro in big numbers. Children’s Mercy Hospital is hospitalizing 20 to 30 kids a day with the virus. The hospital is as full now as it is at the height of flu season. Source: http://fox4kc.com/2014/08/28/unusual-respiratory-virus-enterovirus-68-strikes-metro-kids/

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