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Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) now says there is “no ongoing risk” from the pathogen that caused gastrointestinal symptoms in about 50 faculty members who got sick after a catered staff event at Parkside Collegiate Institute. About 100 attended the unidentified event. “On April 10, SWPH was notified by the school of illness among staff who had attended an event on April 8,” said Joanne Andrews, Program Manager, Infectious Diseases, at Southwestern Public Health. “SWPH started an investigation