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228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak

Meanwhile, Congressional report faults FDA on food safety THURSDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people sickened in the ongoing outbreak of salmonella-contaminated tomatoes has risen to 228 in 22 states, with 25 hospitalizations, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. ...

Nurses in Intensive Care Sickened by noxious fumes at Toronto Hospital

Seven nurses in the intensive care unit of York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill were sickened after noxious fumes seeped into the ventilation system on Friday. // Two nurses developed breathing difficulties and needed treatment. However no patients were affected. The nurses fell ill at ar...

3 die, 500 sickened in nation's largest hepatitis A outbreak Associated Press

A third person died Friday and nearly 500 others who ate at a Chi-Chi's Mexican restaurant have fallen ill in the biggest known outbreak of hepatitis A in U.S.// history, making people so scared they are lining up by the thousands for vaccinations and no longer eating out. Health investigator...

Pelosi: Food Safety Act Will Protect Lives and Prevent Illness

...ems with our current food safety system, as we rely on a more global and industrialized food supply. "Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened from consuming contaminated food and 5,000 of these people die. In just the last few years, there have been numerous outbreaks of dangerous infection...

U.S. Unveils Stricter Food-Safety Standards

...argest product recalls in U.S. history, the Peanut Corporation of America earlier this year recalled peanut products due to a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds, and was suspected of causing nine deaths. In the last month, E. coli contamination prompted the recall of Nestle Toll House cookie dough,...

Younger People Appear More at Risk From New Swine Flu

...ld be vaccinated, experts urge,, MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- With a worldwide pandemic under way and more than a million Americans sickened by the new swine flu, the special nature of this disease is becoming better understood. Several articles published online Monday by the New Englan...

WHO Raises Swine Flu Alert

...the answers right now, but we will get them." In Washington, President Barack Obama promised "great vigilance" in confronting the outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people in 11 states and forced many schools to close. All of the cases diagnosed in the United States have continued to be mild, federal...

Foodborne Illness Victims Mark President Obama's First 100 Days By Calling For Permanent Fix To Food Safety System

...with legislators and voice support for legislation to reform our nation's food safety system. Representing the 76 million Americans who are needlessly sickened each year from contaminated food -- and the thousands who die each year from foodborne illness -- these victims and their families urged Congress and ...

40 Swine Flu Cases Now Reported in U.S.

...ntain the outbreak that officials say has killed as many as 149 people, and sickened more than 1,900 others in that country. Some of the U.S. cases involved...ding to the AP , a provincial health official said that the infection that sickened the students in Nova Scotia "was acquired in Mexico, brought home and sprea...

Obama Says Swine Flu Outbreak No Cause for 'Alarm'

...oring its borders to contain the outbreak that has sickened 20 Americans so far. "The Department of Health ...fficials say has killed as many as 103 people, and sickened more than 1,600 others in that country. On Mon...ncial health official said that the infection that sickened the students in Nova Scotia "was acquired in Mexic...

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American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 13, 2009

...hers in Indiana are reporting an advance toward faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk and infant formula adulterated with the substance. The improved tests may ease global concerns about food saf...

Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems

... CHICAGO Intentionally contaminated Chinese milk killed several children and sickened 300,000 more, causing concern around an increasingly connected world economy. Demand for inexpensive products virtually guarantees future repeats of f...

Synthetic virus supports a bat origin for SARS

... severe acute respiratory syndrome alarmed the world five years ago as the first global pandemic of the 21st century. The coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that sickened more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800 of them may have originated in bats, but the actual animal source is not known. In an effort to under...

New UGA invention effectively kills foodborne pathogens in minutes

...es are attributed, in part, to the fast-paced distribution of foods across the nation. Recently, raw tomatoes caused an outbreak of salmonellosis that sickened more than 300 people in at least 28 states and Canada. Currently, a chlorine wash is frequently used in a variety of ways to reduce harmful bacteri...

Scientists design potent anthrax toxin inhibitor

...as anthrax toxin prevented five out of nine rats from becoming ill. Slightly higher doses of the inhibitor prevented eight out of nine rats from being sickened by anthrax toxin. Nine additional rats were injected with anthrax toxin only. Of these, eight became gravely ill. This experiment was the first to sho...

Simple idea to dramatically improve dengue vaccinations

...ls in its arsenal. Through a complex trial-and-error process, it identifies three to five T-cells that best recognize and attack the components of the sickened cells. Once the cells are selected, they are produced by the millions and sent out to clear the infection. After the infection is gone, thousands of t...

Device traps, disables harmful bacteria

... the air of a hospital therapy pool using a new generation of hybrid filters. The bioaerosols identified in the unnamed Midwestern hospital pool had sickened nine lifeguards who had become ill with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a lung condition that mimics pneumonia symptoms. This forced the pool to shut do...

Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice

... West Nile virus alarmed Americans when it made its first U.S. appearance in New York City in 1999. It has since spread from coast to coast, sickened more than 16,000 Americans and killed more than 600. As the virus spread, medical investigators hastened research to develop an effective vaccine or t...