| Norovirus sharing spotlight with flu this season
The height of flu season is upon us, but this year, there's another illness that's grabbing the spotlight. Outbreaks of norovirus, the nasty group of stomach bugs that get attention when they hit a cruise ship, are showing up everywhere. It closed a Washington hotel and is popping up on college campuses and in communities across the US. "It's epidemic proportions in many places in the country unfortunately," says Eliana Perrin, MD, University of North CarolinaPediatrician. It is norovirus. A group of bugs most people know as the stomach flu. Perrin has seen a number of cases. "I've actually seen it more as a parent. I've seen some children in our daycare. They're affected, their families are affected, everybody is sick." Across campus, Scientist Ralph Baric runs a norovirus lab.
ROB ZOMBIE Kills 'Halloween' Theme Song, Revokes MYERS' Driver's ...
Rob Zombie recently spoke to MTV.com about his upcoming highly anticipated remake of one of horror's most beloved slasher films, "Halloween".
"Michael Myers does not know how to drive in this movie," Zombie told MTV.com over the weekend. "[Myers in the station wagon] always bothered me. They would always play that off like someone must have given him lessons, but you know no one gave him lessons! He's in a maximum-security prison! So, no, he doesn't drive."
It's one of the sure-to-be-controversial revisions that Zombie is making to the classic John Carpenter flick. Realizing that the blueprint has simply been Xeroxed too many times, the ultra-violent filmmaker is now entering the final scenes of an intense 38-day shoot with wrestler/actor Tyler Mane as Myers, 18-year-old Scout Taylor-Compton as imperiled babysitter Laurie Strode and Malcolm McDowell as the eccentric Dr.
Making The Snow Day Decision
(East Rochester, N.Y.) -- Bitter cold puts area school superintendents in the hot seat as they must weigh children's safety, the mechanics of school buses, and even standardized tests when making the decision on whether to cancel classes. The wind chill is a big concern for East Rochester Superintendent Howard Maffucci. All of the students in the district walk to school. When the wind chill gets around -25, it's not looking good. “I'll get up early tomorrow morning, look at what the conditions are, what the conditions look like for the rest of the day and make a decision," he said. With at least three more weeks of winter to go, this year's severe weather has almost exhausted snow days. “If we get an ice storm and we're shut down for a week, we're in trouble.
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