CDC Workers Fall Ill; Atlanta Office Evacuated
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ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evacuated one of its buildings after nine people became sick shortly after arriving for work.
The employees, suffering from nausea, headaches, diarrhea and rapid heartbeats, were treated at area hospitals Friday, a CDC spokeswoman said.
It had not been determined immediately what made the third-floor workers ill, and the number evacuated was not available.
The building houses offices of the National Immunization Program and the National Center for Prevention of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Tuberculosis.
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