The NHL claims that it is doing everything that it can to handle its recent outbreak of mumps, and that supposedly includes briefing teams on how to prevent the spread of the disease. Apparently the Pittsburgh Penguins may have missed that memo from the league.
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According to media reports, a children's hospital in Pittsburgh is responding a possible outbreak of the mumps, and it may have been caused by a visiting Penguins player. Some of the players on the team recently visited the hospital to cheer up the sick children, and one of the players may have the mumps virus.
Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby was officially diagnosed with the disease after the team initially denied reports that he had mumps (and despite some pretty compelling photo evidence), and it appears that he may have spread it to some teammates, including winger Beau Bennett. Bennett was among the players that visited the children's hospital.
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The hospital is in the process of handling the situation, and they are identifying who exactly Bennett came into contact during his visit. Their plan is to begin giving vaccines to people who may have been exposed to the virus, and they are prepared to place some of the children in isolation if necessary. The same precautions are being taken with staff members that were around Bennett.
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