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Trader Joe's recalls peanut butter
WASHINGTON (AP) — The grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control said Saturday that the...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, Salmonella Infection, Peanut Butter, Disease Prevention
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Patients asking for flu shots earlier this year
WSBT-TV ReporterDoctors and pharmacists are starting to get a lot of calls about flu shots. Think back a couple years -- most people were waiting until the end of September or early October to get vaccinated. According to the CDC, even though flu activity is quiet...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines
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CDC confirms brain-eating amoeba in SW Ind. death
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tests confirm a parasite known as the "brain-eating amoeba" caused the death of a southwestern Indiana man. An Indiana State Department of Health spokeswoman said Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Disease Prevention
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CDC reports incidents of tainted ricotta cheese in Indiana, 17 other states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ricotta cheese tainted with listeria bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses and at least one death. The imported Italian ricotta salata cheese distributed by Forever Cheese,...
Tags: Listeria Outbreak (2011), Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, Washington, DC
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in SW Indiana death
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A parasite commonly referred to as the "brain-eating amoeba" infected a man teaching his daughter to swim in a southwestern Indiana lake, killing him within weeks, his father said Tuesday. State and federal officials have not...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, Headaches, Naegleria Fowleri
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NYC fair nixes pig races and goes to the dogs
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of the county fair on New York's Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread of swine flu. The Staten Island Advance (http://bit.ly/NuYjBZ ) says this year's Richmond County Fair is forgoing pig races...
Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Health Organizations, Richmond County (New York), Swine Flu, Labor Day
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6 Michigan cases linked to salmonella outbreak
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State health officials and local health departments in Michigan are working with their counterparts in 19 other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the investigation of a salmonella outbreak linked to...Tags: Salmonella Infection
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Officials: Swine flu confirmed in ill Michigan child
MASON, Mich. (AP) — Health officials say a strain of swine flu is responsible for an illness that sickened a child who recently attended the Ingham County Fair in mid-Michigan. The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Wednesday it...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Health, Swine Flu
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Campaign against teen dating violence is launched in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence is launching an ad campaign aimed at stopping teen dating violence. Recent studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show about 10 percent of high school students...Tags: Health and Safety at School
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Indiana swine flu cases reach 113, more expected
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lab tests have confirmed 113 cases of a new strain of swine flu in 18 Indiana counties, and more cases are expected to be confirmed later this week, the State Department of Health said Wednesday. The number of confirmed human...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lab Tests, Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health
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HIV prevention pill for heterosexuals at risk too
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials are telling doctors they should consider an AIDS prevention pill for women and heterosexual men at high risk for getting the virus. The government previously advised doctors to give the once-a-day pill Truvada...Tags: HIV, Truvada, Drugs and Medicines, AIDS
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CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigs
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say there's been a five-fold increase of cases of a new strain of swine flu that spreads from pigs to people. The case count jumped from 29 a week ago to 158 this week, thanks to a wave of new cases confirmed in Indiana and...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Swine Flu
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