In addition, one child was in critical condition at Children's Hospital, which is affiliated with the medical center.

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In its original imagining, though, the premodern vampire differed from today's in one crucial respect: His condition wasn't contagious.

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Suffolk Police said it appeared that several people had been run over in the town's Nowton Park, with one woman in a critical condition.

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"There's one condition - it has to be in view of the British Legion club where I spend a lot of my time, " added Mr Lisk.

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Only one vehicle was involved and the man's condition in hospital was stable, according to a police spokesman.

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Another seven people were treated at the Lewisham Hospital, and one patient is described as being in a stable condition at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital.

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In one case, it is not clear if authorities even informed a patient's relatives about his condition after the virus was discovered.

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Police said one of the injured boys was in a critical condition and the other stable at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

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One top Senate aide involved in inauguration activities, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she's going to hunker down in her office and sleep on an air mattress.

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Atul, who admits to being "the brash one in the pack, " was keen to study in the U.S. His dad agreed, on the condition that he get married first.

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