“Mystery” outbreak actually common says MPH Program’s Schaffner
More than 100 students and teachers in a North Carolina school district were sent home this week after exhibiting signs of a mystery illness. While the idea of an unknown illness causing an outbreak is slightly terrifying, William Schaffner, MD, chairman of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Department of Preventative Medicine, tells Yahoo Health it actually happens more often than you’d think.