"The overpowering stench of the pigs from strong sun exposure and heat in Shanghai these days has made most reporters on the scene sick," reported the popular China news blog Ministry of Tofu.
Not to mention that water fountains, cafeteria trays, unrefrigerated lunches, bathroom doors and even sports and playground equipment are germ magnets, causing a lowered immune system to get sick, reported CNN.
A large number of people have been falling sick, reporting fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.
She told them that a staff member or camper who felt sick must report to the wellness center immediately.
The process used to sterilize Congressional mail after the anthrax attacks last fall could itself be making Capitol Hill workers sick, a report to be issued on Tuesday says.
And the animals never got sick, they report in the 16 April issue of Cell.
More than half (66.0 %) of refugee families and nearly 80%% of host community families with sick children report paying either consultation or medication costs at an average cost of about US$30.4 and US$56.0 per illness episode, respectively.
So how do you know when you're too sick to report for duty or not sick enough to call out?
He would like official guidelines strengthened so that "within four weeks of a young man, aged 20-40, reporting sick for work, reporting to a GP with stress, that there is an immediate referral for a psychiatric assessment".
An outbreak of a similar illness was reported today by Disney Cruise Line, which said about 100 passengers and crew members on the Magic had become sick, The Associated Press reported.
