Influenza killed 10, hospitalized 300 -- 40 in intensive care -- and created long lines for many seeking a flu shot in Alberta, Canada, officials say. Dr. James Talbot, the chief medical officer of health for Alberta Health, said the ...
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Much of the country is under the grip of the one of the coldest air masses in nearly 20 years. Temperatures have dropped to freezing as far south as the central and northern Gulf Coast with areas as far south as central and southern Texas ...
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed norovirus as the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness associated with Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant in Garden City, KS. Norovirus was detected by ...
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Late Friday afternoon, the CDC announced that a total of 14 persons (down from the 15 announced by California Department of Public Health on Thursday) infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Stanley have been reported from three ...
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E. coli has earned its reputation as a deadly pathogen lurking in contaminated foods, but a multi-year study may give it some positive press as a source of medical knowledge and potential therapeutics. Researchers at Kansas State ...
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The 1998 Major League Baseball season will forever be remembered for "The Chase," first by Ken Griffey, Jr., and finally between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, to top Roger Maris's home-run record of 61. "The Chase" brought beer-drinking and ...
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Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, people get sick from eating food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 48 million of us get sick each year, with 125,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Many of ...
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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have uncovered three rare, Roman-era fabrics dated almost 2,000 years-old, believed to have been dyed using murex snail extracts in unique colors mentioned in the Bible. According to ...
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At least 15 people in the western U.S. have been sickened with Salmonella in an outbreak linked to pasteurized cashew cheese produced by The Cultured Kitchen, according to the California Department of Public Health. Three patients have ...
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A likely Norovirus outbreak involving a Jimmy's John's restaurant in Garden City is under investigation by Kansas officials who are asking for the public's help. State and local health officials want ?anyone who dined at the Jimmy John's ...
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Editor's note: 2013 saw dozens of well-publicized foodborne illness outbreaks. While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals, a few stood out as especially wide in scope.?Food Safety News?has compiled a list of 10 ...
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A new study finds nearly one in four healthcare workers' hands were contaminated with Clostridium difficile spores after routine care of patients infected with the bacteria. The study was published in the January issue of Infection Control ...
Federal court records show that the Oct. 8 bankruptcy filing by the nation's largest organic peanut butter processor was sparked by Issaquah, WA-based Costco, a membership-based warehouse club, when it unilaterally terminated a deal it had ...
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The H7N9 bird flu virus does not yet have the ability to easily infect people, a new study indicates. The findings contradict some previous research suggesting that H7N9 poses an imminent threat of causing a global pandemic. The H7N9 ...
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Dairy producer WhiteWave Foods has announced plans to pay about $600 million to purchase Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce brand in the U.S. Earthbound Farm was the producer behind the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that ...