On Feb. 10, 2014,Listeria monocytogenes,a bacterium that can cause human illness,was isolated from a sample of Cuajada en Terron (Fresh Cheese Curd) collected by representatives from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...
High family stress can lead to the child's immune system being affected, as a research group at the School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden shows ...
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Antibiotics are often prescribed for young children who have upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) in order to prevent complications, such as ear infections and pneumonia, however, a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library found no ...
Tags: URIs, Prevent Complication, Antibiotics, low-income country
Grand Foods, an Australian importer and distributor of Turkish foods, is withdrawing various soft and hard cheese products and one butter product, as they are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products subject to recall ...
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Despite the fact that temperatures in Michigan are and have been frigid for at least 60 days, and we have not seen rain for quite awhile, some horses are still experiencing a condition commonly known as rain rot (or rain scald). A ...
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Natera, a leading innovator in prenatal genetic testing, today announced the initiation of a distribution partnership with ProPath, a wholly physician-owned provider of pathology services to clinicians and medical facilities in the United ...
Canadian firm Sobeys,Inc.,is recalling Compliments brand Stir-Fry Style Vegetables sold in Ontario from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume 12-oz.Stir-Fry Style Vegetables with a Best ...
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More than half of babies and children who receive heart transplants are surviving many years, say the authors of a new study. Pediatric heart transplant patients are living 15 years and longer with good heart function, the scientists ...
Tags: kids, Heart Transplant, Kidney failure, health
When Louis Pasteur developed and patented the process of pasteurization in the 1860s, it had nothing to do with milk. He was more concerned with keeping beer from spoiling. But, by the turn of the century, this method of preservation had ...
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Research involving scientists at the University of York has provided important new information about transmission of human leishmaniasis, a group of infectious diseases which kills more than 100,000 people a year. Professor Deborah Smith ...
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Oregon public health officials have issued a warning about cheese imported from Mexico that may be contaminated with Listeria. Oregon's Health Authority and Department of Agriculture are investigating after an infant in Clackamas County ...
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Quick treatment with a new "microparticle" therapy might significantly reduce the damage caused by a heart attack, according to a new study conducted in mice. After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by ...
An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...
Newer vaccines that protect against rotavirus have lower risks of bowel obstruction for infants than a previous vaccine did, two new studies suggest. "We would call it a small increased risk," said W. Katherine Yih, a lecturer at Harvard ...
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Tyson Foods, Inc. a Sedalia, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food ...
Tags: Tyson Foods, Salmonella Heidelberg strain, raw meat products