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Tests Show No Connection Between Enfamil Baby Formula & Child Deaths
Late last month, Walmart and a handful of other other retailers decided to pull certain lots of Enfamil powdered baby food formula from shelves following the death of an infant in Missouri who had...
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Report Links Taco Bell To 2011 Salmonella Outbreak In 10 States
Last fall, at least 68 people in 10 states fell ill following an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. In the months since, the Centers for Disease Control have only referred to a possible source of that...
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There's More Sodium In Your Bread Than In Your Chips… Well, Maybe
It’s American Heart Month (some sort of Valentine’s-related synergy, we suppose) so the Centers for Disease Control has issued its latest report on how much sodium — a big contributor to high blood...
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One In Three Teens Admits To Texting Or E-Mailing While Driving
As the evidence piles up showing that teens are still distracted behind the wheel to an unsafe degree, Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has introduced a new initiative aimed at ending...
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CDC Study Reveals That At Least 20% Of People In Each State In America Are Obese
It isn’t just the nation’s overweight children we need to worry about — the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows exactly how widespread America’s obesity problem is...
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CDC Says Kids Are Just Like Their Parents And Are Eating Way Too Much Salt...
We can see it now — no more salt shakers in New York City. That probably won’t happen (right, Mayor Bloomberg?) but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in a new study that American kids...
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CDC: Kids Sure Do Love Chewing On, Getting Sick From Detergent Pods
They do look pretty yummy…It’s no secret that little kids like bright, shiny colorful things, and that curiosity compels them to place these objects in their mouths. But since most children under the...
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CPSC Issues Safety Alert On Detergent Pods
Don’t give into the temptation…A month after the Centers for Disease Control issued a report showing that nearly 500 kids had been exposed to the lovely cleansing chemicals by playing with or chewing...
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Majority Of U.S. Households Either Don’t Have Or Don’t Use Landline Phones
(Furryscaly)There are kids and teens out there that have never used anything other than a wireless phone (though these youngsters only seem to text). And many of us who can still remember their first...
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Yes, We Want Fries With That: Americans Get 11% Of Their Calories From Fast Food
(walkerspace) A new study from the Centers for Disease Control is pointing a greasy finger at Americans’ eating habits, finding that on average we get 11% of our calories in a day from fast food. But...
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CDC Confirms What We All Suspected But Didn’t Want To Acknowledge About Poop...
Memorial Day is almost here, bringing with it a summer of bad 3-D movies, sunburn, mosquitoes, vacation rentals that smell oddly of grandma, people in shorts, and of course, trips to the local swimming...
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Health Officials Link Hepatitis Outbreak In 5 States To Costco Frozen Berry Mix
(Joel Goodman) Although there’s no official recall announcement yet, if you’re currently chomping on a Costco frozen berry blend called The Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend, you should know...
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Costco Offering Free Hepatitis Vaccines To Customers Who Purchased Recalled...
(stevendepolo)We told you earlier this week about a hepatitis A outbreak in several states that authorities had linked to a berry mix sold at Costco stores. Now comes news that the warehouse chain is...
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Is Climate Change Making Oyster-Eaters Sick?
(Studio d’Xavier) Climate change and global warming have been blamed for a lot of things, but one possible link between warming sea water and food-borne illnesses could be awfully depressing to folks...
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CDC: 2 Million Americans Get Sick From Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Every...
While livestock farmers around the country continue to feed medically unnecessary antibiotics to their animals for the sole purpose of encouraging growth, millions of Americans are falling ill — and...
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CDC Calls Back Some Furloughed Staff To Tackle Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak
(Mike Matney Photography) On the heels of a multi-state outbreak of salmonella that has sickened hundreds, some were wondering what would happen with most of the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Health Officials Ask Stores To Yank Fat-Burning Supplement Linked To Liver...
OxyElite Pro Hawaii health officials are asking stores to stop selling the fat-burning supplment OxyElite Pro after an investigation linked it to cases of liver failure and acute hepatitis in 29...
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We Are In The Era Of “Nightmare” Bacteria And Nobody Seems To Care
(Chickee510)On March 5, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control issued a press released titled “Lethal, Drug Resistant Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Healthcare Facilities.” The warning that followed was...
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What Can ‘The Walking Dead’ Teach Us About Public Health Crises?
Zombies are so stressful.There are many things fans of The Walking Dead can learn about a potential zombie apocalypse: Crossbows are awesome when Daryl is wielding one, never trust someone who just...
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FDA Politely Asks Drug Companies To Voluntarily Stop Providing Antibiotics...
Your hand tastes nice, but it could use a twist of amoxicillin… (afagen)In the face of numerous reports indicating that the practice of using medically unnecessary antibiotics to bulk up farm animals...
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