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Doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are reporting an increase in kids being admitted to the hospital due to several viruses going around. Typically, children's hospitals expect to see more sick kids coming in in the fall and winter, but this year the uptick in activity is happening much earlier than ever before. Dr. Julia Sammons, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at CHOP, says they're seeing more cases of COVID-19 and also other respiratory viruses including RSV - or respiratory syncytial virus. RSV is an infection that can be dangerous for young children. So why the early, increased uptick? Even...

Topic: Memos Sent to Romenesko Date/Time: 8/3/2007 3:26:58 PM Title: Spokesman-Review deals with budget problems Posted By: Jim Romenesko All of the above holds the promise of closing the gap between this year's budget and the dismal performance against budget to date. It does not address the publisher's longer term concern for rising costs against flat or declining revenue. Let me make this clear once again so there is no confusion: Our staff will be smaller this time next year. My guess is we'll be down anywhere from 8 to 12 positions. My goal is to achieve this reduction through...