Given a paragraph, generate a claim that is supported by the given paragraph. 1) The claim must contain information from within the paragraph. 2) A sentence within the paragraph can be used as a claim. 3) The claim should not have contradictions within the paragraph. 4) The claim should be at most one sentence long.

Q: One student was diagnosed with a variant of the disease on Oct. 24, and a second was diagnosed this past weekend. Both students are in stable condition and health workers are contacting people who may have been in touch with the infected students. Meningitis, which can cause inflammation around the brain and spinal cord, is typically caused by one of five variants — one of which had no vaccine until recently and isn’t covered under standard college vaccinations. UMass is offering the vaccination by appointment. University health officials are advising students to avoid contact with saliva, which can spread the disease.

A: UMass Amherst officials say 2 students have meningitis.
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Q: Five cases of H7N9 bird flu infections have been diagnosed in central Anhui province since Dec. 8, and two people have died, state media reported. In Shanghai, officials said this week that a man was diagnosed with H7N9 and is being treated in a city hospital. Another case has been reported in Xiamen in coastal Fujian province, where poultry sales have been halted. In rural Jinzhai county in Anhui province, local officials on Thursday announced a two-week closure of a meat market after a shopkeeper was diagnosed with H7N9. The provincial government also issued a warning on social media urging residents to avoid buying and slaughtering live chickens themselves. A major H7N9 bird flu outbreak in humans first struck China in March 2013, killing more than 40 people and devastating the poultry industry. The strain is less virulent than the H5N1 strain that the World Health Organization says has killed more than 370 people.

A: Bird flu infects 7 people in China this month, killing 2.
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Q: Earth Day New York’s managing director Joanne Black said accompanying giant forest images of dense vegetation and nature in the quintessential lit-up, crowded and chaotic urban landscape of Times Square will be “a visual call to action.”   On Saturday, supporters of the environment can text message “tree” to the number 85944, pledging $5 for the United Nations’ Year of Forest. The running tally will play out on large screens supplied by corporate sponsors including CNN, MTV, Reuters and Toshiba. The onetime $5 dollar donation will be debited from cell phone bills to fund the planting of trees in degraded lands as far afield as Mexico, Kenya, India and the Philippines. “It’s rare for so many companies to give up their screens,” Black said of the colossal, often dazzling billboards that hover above the so-called crossroads of the world and are seen by tens of thousands of people daily. “For this, they have.”   “We hope to engage a broad segment of the public and show that even a small contribution can really make a difference,” Earth Day New York Executive Director Pamela Lippe said. Although the Times Square Alliance does not keep a figure on the total amount of electricity used by the billboards - which are run independently of one another - a spokesman said the billboards used today run on considerably less energy than those used in previous years. On Friday, a convoy of more than 30 electric and alternative fuel cars, including an Inizio, the world’s fastest electric sports car, will tour Manhattan, their GPS-tracked progress followed on the Times Square screens. The route will form the letter “E” — for environment, a take on Earth Day New York’s slogan, “Be the E”. Hybrid vehicles from the city Departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation will escort the Inizio, along with a privately owned, completely electric DeLorean similar to the one featured in the “Back to the Future” films. New York’s myriad Earth Day celebrations come as Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration moves to make the city, often seen as grimy and polluted, more environmentally friendly and sustainable. On Thursday, Bloomberg announced several additions to his long-term “PlaNYC” campaign to make the city greener, including a “clean heat” campaign to encourage conversion to cleaner fuels in favor of heavy heating oils which pollute the air with fine particular matter known as PM 2.5. Officials say a 10 percent reduction in PM 2.5 could prevent 300 deaths, 200 hospital admissions and 600 emergency department visits from airborne pollution each year. The free rain barrel program for residents of the four boroughs outside Manhattan began last week and is meant to help fight water contamination by minimizing flow to city sewers. Officials hope homeowners will use them to water their lawns and gardens.

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"New York Earth Day celebrates with ""virtual"" forests."
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