The most common symptoms people called in with on Boxing Day were vomiting, fever, cough, diarrhoea and rash.

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Father Lozano helps me talk with a couple of men who were digging a grave for a 10-year-old boy who died of a fever the day before.

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All of these facts together may make it seem more likely that kids are getting a fever on a certain day of the week even though it may just be a coincidence.

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In the most recent case, the infant developed a fever seven days after circumcision and vesicular lesions the following day, according to a press release from the city health department.

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In her plea agreement, Pettway told the court how she had caught a train from her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to New York, where she snatched the 19-day-old from Harlem Hospital, after the baby was brought there with a fever by her parents.

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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices says symptoms, in rare instances, include fever, muscle pain, and discomfort or weakness, which also typically go away after a day or two.

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