State of Emergency declared in Schenectady
Mayors asks everyone to stop all unnecessary travel on city roads
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Much ado for Paris zoo redo
For a zoo, it’s a quiet and lonely place. Among the few remaining residents of Paris’ main animal park are the giraffes – whose long necks make travel inconvenient – and a hippo who was permitted to stay put after she threw…
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Another medal in Nordic combo
After years of work, miles of travel, glimpses of hope and endless moments of frustration and near-misses, the glint of silver on a snowy day was perfectly satisfactory for the United States’ Nordic combined team. Anchor Bill Demong of Vermontville, N.Y., was…
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Police say concerns that led them to detain passenger, search plane unfounded
A plane was evacuated. Sniffer dogs were called in. There were worrisome reports of an incident at Montreal’s airport. Ninety passengers had their travel plans rearranged.
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Tuberculosis And Commercial Air Travel: Inefficient Tracing And Screening Of Airline Passengers
A review of the evidence published in the March edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases reports that there is little risk of tuberculosis transmission linked to air travel. This is contrary to current international guidelines. In addition, tracing and screening air passengers and crew who might have been exposed to a person with tuberculosis is a highly inefficient resource-intensive process …
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