NY firefighter trainees contract staph infection

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NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a group of New York firefighter trainees are on medical leave after contracting a drug-resistant staph infection.

At least one of the trainees at the city’s Fire Department Academy was hospitalized. Fire officials say not all of them have a confirmed diagnosis, but they were put on leave as a precaution.

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