Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 14th of August.
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🏥 Health
The measles outbreak in Ohio has already surpassed last year’s total with 69 cases across 11 counties as of Aug.
13. Health officials advise Kent residents to get vaccinated as the virus continues to spread.
Ohio health officials reported that cyclosporiasis cases rose by 503 last week, bringing the state total to 5,452 as of Aug.
13 + the rate of new diagnoses has slowed from earlier weeks.
Kent parents are urged by federal regulators to discard the WPX-4 playset — linked to a fatal incident on Aug.
13 — after safety officials warned that the product, made by China-based Wenzhou Yidian Amusement Equipment, has openings that risk serious head and neck injury.
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