For instance, it is easy for workers to report sick, and they often do.

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According to another report, Sick Water?

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Dr Golomb says that many studies have found that exposure to AChEis is linked to the kind of chronic symptoms that the sick veterans report.

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Officials report that half of the children who were sick probably got the infection from a parent or another caregiver and that nine of the 10 deaths occurred in infants under 2 months of age.

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One problem that retail clinic operators report is limited utilization during the summer when few people are sick.

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The BLS report estimates that private firms dish out 23 cents an hour to provide sick leave.

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According to the report, four out of six council departments bettered this target but the high sick leave in social services resulted in an overall sickness absence figure for the authority of 12.9 days.

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