A Dozen Girls at One High School Suffering From Mysterious Tourette's Like Illness

Posted on January 12, 2012

A dozen high school students, all girls, have developed symptoms similar to Tourette's Syndrome in the past several months at a high school located near Buffalo, New York. Environmental factors, infections, known diseases, drugs and carbon monoxide poisoning have reportedly all been ruled out. Officials don't believe the kids are making up the illness. One father says he is worried about his daughter - she can no longer drive and has to be tutored. It must be extremely frustrating for the parents and kids to not have a diagnosis or a cure. Take a look:

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