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Warning issued for oysters from San Antonio Bay
... 55 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, near Austwell. The FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, is investigating about a dozen reports of illness from South Carolina ... Comment?
CDC: H1N1 Flu Outbreaks Reduced Nationwide
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... 25 states last week - mostly in the Northeast and Southwest, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. In late October, 48 states were reporting widespread cases of swine flu. But since then, there's been a decline ... Comment?
FDA, CDC, and States Investigating Norovirus Illnesses Linked to Oysters
... from this area, which is located on the Gulf of Texas. The FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, are investigating about a dozen reports of norovirus-related ... Comment?
... the oysters. Health officials in those states, with assistance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are investigating. Noroviruses are a group of viruses that cause gastroenteritis. Norovirus typically is not life threatening ... Comment?
U.S. Health Secretary urges students to get H1N1 vaccine
... the young. And even though most cases are mild, some can be quite severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) estimates that about 540 children and teenagers have died from the H1N1 flu since April, and we are only at the ... Comment?
Swine flu infections appear to be decreasing
... we have never seen this flu before," said Jeff Dimond, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We don't know how many waves there may be." The... newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online ... Comment?
CDC reports drop in flu-related activity
ATLANTA Influenza continued to drop for the week ended Nov. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted Friday, as the number of states reporting widespread influenza-like illnesses dropped to 25 from 32. Comment?
... and live a near normal lifespan and they won't transmit the virus to others." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health are planning major studies to see if better identification and treatment of ... Comment?
Minority Swine Flu Deaths Three Times Higher Than Whites
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Death rates for minorities who contract swine flu in Illinois are double those of whites with the disease, the Associated Press reported . Comment?
Experts hope flu stays mild as Canadian cases rise to 51
... laboratories, the first stage toward vaccine production. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other research centres worldwide are currently "tweaking" the virus so samples can be turned into a vaccine, a process ... Comment?
Westfield to hold H1N1 shot clinic on Dec. 12
... sessions, Westfield's clinic will be for priority groups identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those groups include pregnant women, individuals six months to 24 years old, individuals with chronic health problems that ... Comment?
NJ Assembly looks at services registry, anti-discrimination laws for autistic adults
... and inappropriate crying or laughing, according to Autism New Jersey. A federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found 1 in 94 children in New Jersey have the genetic-based disorder, compared with 1 in 152 nationwide. Besides ... Comment?
Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: Study
... reduce the number of overweight adolescents ages 12-18 by 14 percent." The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 13.9 percent of children aged 2 to 5 are overweight, 18.8 percent of those aged 6 to 11 are and more than 17 ... Comment?
Thousands Wait For H1N1 Vaccine
There were more long lines in Sacramento County Saturday as people waited to get their H1N1 vaccinations and a chance to fight the flu. Comment?
Intensive care unit (ICU) infections can lengthen hospital stays
... assessment - Implementing an MRSA monitoring program - Promoting compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or World Health Organization hand-hygiene recommendations Researchers out of Erasme Hospital, Universite libre de Bruxelles ... Comment?
AIDS May Date Back to Ancient Tiger
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... ournal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology . Learn more about HIV from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Comment?
Consumer group claims Zhu Zhu Pets unsafe
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The maker of Zhu Zhu hamsters, one of the hottest-selling toys of the holiday season, defended its product after a consumer Web site said one of the toy hamsters carries high amounts of a potentially hazardous substance. Comment?
Taney County Health Department schedules flu vaccination walk-in clinic
The Taney County Health Department will be hosting an H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccination clinic from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Forsyth location. Comment?
... nursing homes in 2005 and 2006, according to death records maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of these, 71 people died of accidents, skin infections or other potentially avoidable causes. That's a rate of 4.6 deaths per ... Comment?
Vietnam experiences 5th bird flu death of 2009: this one due to eating raw duck blood soup
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has reported the death of a 23 year old man from the Dien Bien Province. Comment?