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New York City Has (Three Cases Of) Cholera
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Jaya Saxena
Published Feb 6, 2011
Modified Feb 6, 2011
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Nearly a year after a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti and, among other things, sent a wave of cholera throughout the country, three New Yorkers have been diagnosed with the disease. City health officials say the three adults contracted the disease while in the Dominican Republic for a wedding, and though all of them have already recovered, health officials will test them to see if the strain they caught was the same strain that has ravaged Haiti.
The CDC has noted that the likelihood of the disease spreading in the city is low. Erin Hughes of the city's health department told City Room, “People get cholera by drinking water or eating food that is contaminated with cholera." The city averages one case of cholera a year, but no cases have emerged since the outbreak in Haiti. For anyone traveling to areas where cholera may be a problem, CDC spokeswoman Candice Hoffman recommends that you eat "only food that has been cooked and served hot, paying vigorous attention to hand washing with soap and avoiding swimming or bathing in rivers." Also, watch out for ice, which can be made from water that hasn't been boiled yet. Even if it wasn't cholera, that night in India sucked.
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