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Ind. yanks license of meningitis-linked pharmacy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pharmacy Board has revoked the state license of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis that has killed 10 people in Indiana, including 3 in Elkhart County, and sickened about 70 others....Tags: Steroids, Meningitis
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2 new infections in Michigan from bad steroids
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan health officials have reported two more infections in the past two weeks linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. The Michigan Department of Community Health says at least...Tags: Steroids, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Meningitis
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Stomach flu season is here
WSBT-TV800 hundred people die from it every year in the U.S. We're talking about the stomach flu. It's sounds like a simple illness, but the Indiana Department of Health has detected a new, serious strain of it in our area. It's also known as norovirus and...Tags: Calicivirus, Flu Vaccine, Gastroenteritis, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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16 sick in 5 states; linked to ground beef recall
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials say at least 16 people in five states have been sickened by salmonella food poisoning linked to ground beef. No one has died, but half were hospitalized. Most of the illnesses have been in Michigan, but a...
Tags: Salmonella Infection
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Indiana's flu deaths rise to 40, most victims over 65
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Flu deaths in Indiana have climbed to 40 this season and it's too soon to tell if the spread of the illness is slowing statewide, state health officials said Wednesday. Marion County health officials said visits to the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost, Heart Disease, Flu Vaccine, Asthma
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Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...Tags: Elections, White House, National Rifle Association of America, Gaming, Vice (movie)
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SJRMC limiting visitors because of flu
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA – One area hospital has decided to limit visitation to patients in light of large numbers of influenza cases. Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka is restricting visitation to its facilities, according to public relations...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Swine Flu
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FDA seeks info from Indiana farm tied to outbreak
OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing a southwestern Indiana cantaloupe farm linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak to detail the steps it has taken to address unsanitary conditions inspectors found last summer at the farm's fruit-...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations
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CDC: 1 in 8 U.S. women binge drink 3 times a month
CBS NewsThe dangerous activity of binge drinking -- defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks at one time -- can take a toll on anyone's health. And, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals in a new report, it's an under-recognized...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Schools, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy and Childbirth, High Schools
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Flu season at its worst in years
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Flu season may be taking its toll on many of you. Right now, Indiana is leading the country in cases of Influenza A, the H3N2 Virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 138 cases in the state. Ohio is right behind...Tags: Common Cold, Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections
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FDA: New rules will make food safer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Salmonella Infection, Peanuts, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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There's still time to get flu shot
SOUTH BEND – Because this year's flu season began earlier than normal and is affecting people throughout the country, Dr. Thomas Felger, St. Joseph County health officer, encourages all residents who have not yet received their annual flu shot to do...
Tags: Health, Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Flu
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