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COVID-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from four more states have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states added on Tuesday, Sept. 8 are Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Conne…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank
Update: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank An 87-year-old Clifton woman with dementia who’d been missing for days was found in her car, dehydrated, deep in a secluded area off a West Virginia road nearly 350 miles away, authorities said. Marguerit Lehmkuhl had to be flown by medical chopper to a nearby hospital after someone spotted the vehicle and alerted police Sunday afternoon. It was a startling but welcome discovery, given the concern of her loved ones -- as well as the authorities. Police say most dementia patients are found within 20 minutes to 24 or so hours. The search for Lehnkuhl had entered its fourth day when Clifton…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States
Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States The foodborne outbreak linked to McDonald's salads is growing. A total of 163 people have now been sickened across 13 states after eating salads contaminated with a parasite, Cyclospora. McDonald's has stopped selling those salads at some 3,000 restaurants, all located in Midwest states: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, West Virginia and Missouri. McDonald's said it stopped selling salads at impacted restaurants "until we can switch to another lettuce blend supplier." Most people infected with Cyclospor…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
More Illnesses After Recall Of 200M Eggs Due To Salmonella Outbreak More Illnesses After Recall Of 200M Eggs Due To Salmonella Outbreak
More Illnesses After Recall Of 200M Eggs Due To Salmonella Outbreak A dozen more people have fallen ill from a salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of more than 200 million eggs from nine states, including New York and New Jersey, last month. The number of those who have been sickened from the contaminated eggs is now 35, with 11 of them having been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms voluntarily recalled  206,749,248 eggs due to possible contamination in mid-April. Recalled eggs were sold in grocery stores and restaurants under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country Daybreak, Crystal Farms, Food L…

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by Joe Lombardi
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200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears 200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears More than 200 million eggs -- some that were sold in New York and New Jersey -- are being recalled for possible salmonella contamination. Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Ind., is voluntarily recalling 206,749,248  eggs due to possible contamination with the bacteria. Twenty-two illnesses were reported as of Sunday, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The eggs were distributed from the North Carolina farm to consumers in New Jersey, New York, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia, along with retail stores and restaurants. The egg…

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by Cecilia Levine