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Food and water safety could quickly become a problem across the Rio Grande Valley as thousands of residents continue to cope with power outages and many others deal with standing water in their homes.

With groceries in her car, Jennifer Lessard apparently planned to make several quick stops after work before picking up her two school-age sons one afternoon in May.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people, officials said on Monday.

The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas distribution facility, originated in Mexico but could have been contaminated in a variety of places, the FDA said.

"FDA has found a genetically matched Salmonella saintpaul isolate from a distribution center called Agricola Zaragosa in McAllen, Texas," Dr. David Acheson, associate commissioner for foods at the FDA, told reporters in a telephone briefing.

The "face" of the AIDS epidemic in the United States has changed, according to Marilyn Swyers, manager of AIDS Outreach for the East Alabama Medical Center.

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV ...

Two cases of E. coli infection have been confirmed in southeast Nebraska, and there have been reports of more people with similar symptoms, health officials said.

Main Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Endocrinology Article Date: 24 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT For the first time, a consensus of diabetes and metabolic disorder experts have recommended a comprehensive treatment ...

Grieving families across the United States will hold candlelight vigils Friday in memory of those who died of hospital infections, a patient advocate said.

This is indeed New England's most glorious season. For a few months we get to play outdoors just like those in more temperate climes.

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled plans on Thursday to help people who lived or worked near New York's World Trade Center who may have been harmed by exposure to dust and debris from the collapse in the 2001 attacks.

Nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it will award up to $30 million in grants over three years to provide health screening, diagnostic services and treatment for residents near Ground Zero, as well as students, office workers and others who were not emergency responders.

More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths.

The United States should end a prohibition against HIV-positive visitors and immigrants.

The medical industry is one that thrives on innovation and evolution. New procedures, medicines, diseases, and theories are released practically every day.

Lifestyle changes, coupled with a reduction in heart disease risks, will go a long way toward preventing pre-diabetes from progressing to the full-blown disease, experts from the American Association of ...

More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday.

Summer is a time for backyard barbecues, scenic drives, and heat-relieving dips in the pool.

AIDS rates in the nation's Latino community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis.

People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year.

In 2006, 57 percent of all tuberculosis cases in the United State were among foreign-born individuals and, as time passes, that population is under increased threat from the disease, a new study warns.