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40 Texas Students, 8 Teachers
Stricken With Unknown Illness

NBC5i.com
8-30-2

FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Tarrant County Health Department is investigating what made 40 students and eight teachers sick at Glen Park Elementary in southeast Fort Worth.
Students went home from school armed with letters telling parents not to be alarmed. But still, some moms and dads remain cautious.
 
Concerned parent Marshelle Speed said, "If everybody is sick, and the teachers are sick, yes, I'm worried something is going wrong."
 
The Tarrant County Health Department sent in a team of epidemiologists that quickly ruled out the possibility of tainted food in the school cafeteria.
 
Dr. Bobby Jones, of the Tarrant County Health Department, said, "They have all been having the same symptoms."
 
Most of the students complained of nausea, vomiting and fever.
 
The health department determined that it is a stomach virus that was passed person to person.
 
"The children also have been mixed between classes, mixed between age groups, and it seemed to be clustering in family units," Jones said.
 
The school district is closely monitoring the situation, but at this time there are no plans to close the school.
 
Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Thomas Tocco said, "Our plan is, however, to be vigilant and to keep a close eye on the situation in there. There doesn't seem to be any sense of panic."
 
Health experts said the best way to avoid gastrointestinal problems is to maintain good hygiene, wash hands frequently, get plenty of rest and consume plenty of fluids.
 





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