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Itching outbreak struck Central High School a century ago

Original: Outbreak made Central High School itch 100 years ago | Local history

A century ago, an outbreak of severe itching swept through Central High School in Lexington, unsettling students and staff, according to a local history feature from the Lexington Herald-Leader. The piece revisits the mysterious episode and how the school and health officials responded at the time.

Why now: Local history retrospectives on past outbreaks resonate amid ongoing public interest in pandemics and disease.

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