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A 54-year old Arcadia woman was diagnosed with West Nile virus and is being treated. She is expected to recover fully.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28942
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
West Nile Virus
Diseases
Viruses
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Cripe, Sandra
Item ID
29131AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia neurologist Vincent Fortanasce has written a book called "The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription," which focuses on preventing or delaying the disease. 101-year-old Marshall Welles of Duarte was the inspiration for Fortanasce's book.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Alzheimer's Disease
Arcadia Authors
Fortanasce, Vincent
Welles, Marshall
Item ID
31451AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents Lucia Jimenez and her father Byron are shown in a photo. Lucia is in remission from a disease called reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD. Dana Gambill is raising awareness of RSD and runs a support group for disease sufferers in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29514
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2005
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Jimenez, Byron
Jimenez, Lucia
Diseases
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD)
Gambill, Dana
Item ID
29698AN
Collection
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Arcadia Unified School District is urging parents by letter to send their children to school if they show no symptoms of the recently discovered Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS was first diagnosed in China and Hong Kong, and is similar to the flu.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31290
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Diseases
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Item ID
31485AN
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A dead crow infected with West Nile Virus was found in Arcadia on September 3, and is the first confirmed finding of the virus in Los Angeles County this year. Exposure to West Nile Virus is spread to humans from the vite of an infected mosquito. Biting a bird that carries the virus infects a mosquito. The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District is encouraging the public to take precautions to reduce exposure to mosquitoes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32123
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Diseases
Mosquitoes
West Nile Virus
Item ID
32320AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Evidence of the dealdy West Nile virus has been confirmed in a dead crow found in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26246
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
West Nile Virus
Diseases
Item ID
26447AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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