5 Things: Bedford Practice Impacted by Meningitis Outbreak

1. Meningitis outbreak touches Bedford? According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services website, 24 New Hampshire medical facilities, including Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center, may be impacted by the national outbreak of fungal meningitis potentially related to steroid medication compounded by New England Compounding Center (NECC). See attached PDF for full list.

2. Train Time. A note from our friends at Bedford Positively: The Bedford Boomers will be having their 30th-annual model train show at McKelvie School in Bedford on Sunday, Nov. 4 (see attached YouTube video for more).

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4. Mild and rainy. Though temperatures remain in the 60s today, a 90-percent chance of rain and potentially thundershowers, dampens the mood. Rainfall my reach more than an inch, according to Weather.com.

5 On this day ... in 1977 the supersonic Concorde, the world's fastest commuter airplane, landed for the first time at JFK airport in New York.

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