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65 at charter school come down with chickenpox
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10:10 p.m.
An outbreak of 65 cases of chickenpox at an Alachua County charter school has prompted the county Health Department to bar 20 unvaccinated children from returning to the school until at least April 25 to stop the viral infection's spread.
The prohibition at Alachua Learning Center began Monday with the return from spring break and will last until 20 days after the last case is diagnosed ? a move likely to reverberate in Alachua County, which has been flagged at the state level for its low rate of children entering school with a full set of vaccinations...
Students at five more schools added to chickenpox quarantine
Staff report
Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.
A number of children in five Alachua County public schools in the northwest part of the county are being barred from coming to school starting Wednesday in an effort to contain a chickenpox outbreak, according to county Health Department officials...
Chickenpox spreads to five public schools
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 7:27 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 7:27 p.m.
...Myers said the outbreak involves 26 children at the Bhaktivedanta Academy, which leases space from the Krishna Temple at Alachua, 25 children at the Alachua Learning Center, one child in a public school and 13 others -- four adults, eight children and one infant...
Health Department investigates ?significant outbreak? of chickenpox
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 4:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 4:14 p.m.
Five new chickenpox cases were discovered in Alachua County Thursday -- including the first case outside of the county?s northwest corner -- bringing the total number of cases to 70...
Students excluded from 7th school over chickenpox concerns
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 4:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 4:35 p.m.
The effort to control the spread of chickenpox spread Friday to a seventh Alachua County school as seven students at the One Room School House were excluded from classes until April 30 ? or until they get vaccinated against the virus...
Gainesville school, Alachua daycare added to chickenpox effort
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 4:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 6:36 p.m.
The effort to control the spread of chickenpox Friday moved to a seventh Alachua County school and to a day care in Alachua as another case was diagnosed.
The diagnosis of a preschool child brought the number of chickenpox cases since the beginning of 2012 to 71. Unvaccinated children at that facility are being told to stay home for the next 21 days...
Three more chickenpox cases discovered
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 8:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 8:44 p.m.
Chickenpox continued to encroach in Alachua County Wednesday as the County Health Department announced that three additional cases have been found and another unvaccinated child excluded from public school until May 6.
One case was found at a Newberry Elementary School, another at a private Gainesville school and another at a family home day-care -- bringing the number of chickenpox cases to 73 in Alachua County. It's the largest outbreak in recent memory, health officials say...
Chickenpox outbreak reaches 78 cases
By Anne Geggis
Staff writer
Published: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 10:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 10:13 p.m.
The largest outbreak of chickenpox in recent Alachua County history hit 78 on Monday ? and one of the cases has health officials closely watching Santa Fe High School, where 139 students have not been vaccinated against the virus...
