Medical rash mystery prompts multiple state health probes
Hundreds of youngsters in seven states report a mysterious red itchy rash. Investigators consider a new virus or a mutation of fifth disease as the cause. In Quakertown Pa nearly 170 students were affected prompting tests that found no environmental toxin. Some rashes may reflect psychosomatic and non rash behaviors.
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National News Roundup Highlights Officer Charge and Prison Slayings
Philadelphia narcotics investigator Sheryl Marinoff, 33, faces charges after a Wednesday night shooting at her supervisor with whom she had a relationship. In Florida, three prison guards were acquitted of murder in an inmate’s 1999 death. Wisconsin reported a 10 year old girl killed by six illegal dogs. California case opened over neighbor’s death from two presa canario dogs. Philadelphia family suffers three fatalities from carbon monoxide after a car was left running in a garage.
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