BRIEFLY : HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS FLU REPORTED IN L.A.A 17-year-old boy from West Los Angeles
n. A disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. Also called contagious disease. control unit said Monday. A vaccine being used this year to protect people from influenza types A and B is available for free at special flu clinics for county residents 60 or older or anyone with a chronic disease, Laurene Mascola said. The vaccine is the best way to prevent influenza infection, she said. Influenza A influenza A n. Influenza caused by infection with a strain of influenza virus type A. influenza A Infectious disease An avian virus, especially of ducks–which in China live near the pig reservoir and 'vector'; is extremely contagious, Mascola said. She advised people with symptoms such as fever, cough, headache, muscle ache and fatigue to stay home during the first three to five days of the illness, to eat light foods and drink plenty of fluids. - City News Service Permits available to park in Burbank The city of Burbank is accepting residential parking permit renewals for 1999-2001. The Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Counter on the second floor of the Municipal Services This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Building behind City Hall at 275 E. Olive Ave. Permit holders are asked to return a completed application form along with $6 for each residential permit. Renewals can be sent to city of Burbank, Public Works Department, P.O. Box 6459, Burbank, CA 915022-6459. All current residential permits will expire on New Year's Eve. There will be no grace period for enforcement of expired permits. - Daily News Anti-war protesters arrested downtown Federal police arrested three men Monday who spilled motor oil in front of the downtown Federal Building and splashed it with real and fake blood in protest of U.S. bombings and sanctions in Iraq, officials said. About two dozen members of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker, a nonprofit group that runs a Skid Row soup kitchen, protested outside the building at 300 N. Los Angeles St. Two demonstrators played guitars, and one of them sang ``Amazing Grace'' into a microphone while the group held signs reading ``No Blood for Oil,'' ``End Sanctions! Impeach To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. Clinton for War Crimes!'' and ``Clinton Slaughters the Innocents.'' - City News Service Girl hurt after being hit by pickup truck SUNLAND - A 6-year-old girl suffered a serious injury Monday when she darted into the street and was hit by a pickup truck, officials said. The incident occurred about 6:10 p.m. in the 7900 block of Foothill Boulevard, said Los Angeles City Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells. The girl received a skull fracture skull fracture, n a rupture or break in the cranial bones. skull fracture Orthopedics A fracture of one or more cranial bones, caused by MVAs, falls, assault, sports, occupational accidents and other forms of blunt trauma and was airlifted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where she was listed in critical condition, said hospital spokesman Steve Rutledge. The injury was not considered life-threatening, but the girl was being cared for in the intensive care unit, he said. - Daily News |
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