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'Serious illness': Ohio warns of cyclosporiasis outbreak causing explosive diarrhea
Ohio health officials are urging residents to take extra precautions when handling fruits and vegetables to help prevent a disease that can lead to watery, and sometimes explosive, diarrhea.
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What happenedOhio health officials are urging residents to take extra precautions when handling fruits and vegetables to help prevent a disease that can lead to watery, and sometimes explosive, diarrhea.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Explosive diarrhea illness spreads in Ohio: 177 cases". The center frames it as "'Serious illness': Ohio warns of cyclosporiasis outbreak causing explosive diarrhea".
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Left / center-leftExplosive diarrhea illness spreads in Ohio: 177 cases
The Plain Dealer Cleveland · Center-left · News report
Center'Serious illness': Ohio warns of cyclosporiasis outbreak causing explosive diarrhea
WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) · Center · News report
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'Serious illness': Ohio warns of cyclosporiasis outbreak causing explosive diarrhea
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Ohio health officials are urging residents to take extra precautions when handling fruits and vegetables to help prevent a disease that can lead to watery, and sometimes explosive, diarrhea.
Explosive diarrhea illness spreads in Ohio: 177 cases
Health officials say 28 people have been hospitalized with the intestinal illness linked to contaminated produce. No common source has been identified yet.
