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Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators would inspect more drug manufacturing facilities in China, India and other foreign countries as part of legislation approved Thursday that aims to step up oversight of the nation's imported pharmaceutical supply....Tags: John McCain, Washington, DC, Politics, Bevacizumab (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs,...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Disease Prevention, Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
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Was South Bend man's death tied to recalled shrimp?
WSBT-TV ReporterThe St. Joseph County Health Department is investigating whether a South Bend man's death is related to recently recalled shrimp from Martin's Super Markets. WSBT Fact Finder Kelli Stopczynski found this may be an issue concerning food preparation, not...Tags: Flu, Shrimp, Immune System, Manufacturing and Engineering, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA: Martin's Super Markets shrimp safe to eat
New developments Wednesday concerning a local recall WSBT has been following involving Martin's Super Markets. The Food and Drug Administration has informed Martin's a certain brand of frozen shrimp IS safe to eat. As WSBT first reported, Martin's Super...Tags: Shrimp
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Judges, Disease Prevention, Elections, Altria Group, Inc., Quitting Smoking
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FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have left patients and parents frightened about missing...Tags: The Associated Press, Chemotherapy, Leukemia, Global Expansion, Methotrexate (drug)
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CDC, FDA say powdered infant formula not tainted
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two federal agencies say there is no evidence that four cases of a rare bacterial infection in babies are related, and there is no need to recall infant formula. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease...Tags: Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Feds issue warning to unconventional sperm donor
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have issued a warning to a California man who has been donating cups of his sperm to women who want kids. Trent Arsenault tells the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/vLhXIA) he's been donating sperm...Tags: Charity, Parenting, Communicable Diseases, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. Teva Pharmaceuticals wants its Plan B morning-after pill to become the first truly over-the-counter form of...Tags: Women's Health, Plan B (drug), Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Health
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No over-the-counter sales for morning-after pill
MISHAWAKA – The controversial Plan B or "morning-After pill" as it's called will not be moved to drug store shelves after all.
The FDA was planning on approving changes to the way the pill was sold with allowing girls under 17 to buy it without...Tags: Plan B (drug), Health Treatments, Birth Control, Planned Parenthood, Health
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Indiana, Michigan included in 34-state egg recall
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota company is recalling cooked eggs distributed in 34 states because of possible listeria contamination.
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use...Tags: Glenview, Economy, Business and Finance, Egg Recall (2010), Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations
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