CNN – With all the recent headlines on foodborne illnesses, we received a lot of questions from viewers wondering if there are better ways to protect ourselves from getting sick.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the best ways to avoid foodborne illnesses at your home -- and even when eating out at restaurants.
WATCH THE VIDEO: How To Decrease Your Chance of Getting a Foodborne Illness
Tiger Brands offers support for serious Listeriosis cases
By Joe Whitworth on October 31, 2024
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MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Leftover or expired medications can be dangerous if not disposed of properly. Safely getting rid of unneeded prescriptions, like opioids or expired drugs, is essential to prevent misuse and accidental harm.
Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says proper medication disposal helps safeguard your home and community from unnecessary risks. Learn why it's important to clean out old medications safely.
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Is your medicine cabinet lined with...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard.
His mother, Lindsay Pfeffer, was a few feet away when Brigland made a noise and came running from the stone firepit, holding his right hand. She noticed a pinprick of blood between his thumb and forefinger when her older son called out, “Snake!”
“I saw a small rattlesnake coiled up by...
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The Real Reason Fast Food Is So Expensive
Fast food prices are high because demand for fast food remains really high, despite those higher prices.
By guest author Jon Miltimore July 9, 2024
CATALYST – I recently drove to the local KFC and ordered a 12-piece meal to go. The price was just under $50 (tax included). Fortunately, I had a coupon that saved me some money, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel...
NBC NEWS – In the days before Kamberlyn Bowler became ill, she went to McDonald’s several times for her favorite meal: a Quarter Pounder with cheese and extra pickles.
The previously healthy, active 15-year-old is now hospitalized and battling kidney failure — a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of E. coli poisoning.
Kamberlyn, of Grand Junction, Colorado, is one of dozens of people who say they became sick after having eaten McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. According to...
STAT HEALTH NEWS – A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a virus that can cause Ebola-like illness in some patients. State health officials reported the case on Monday.
The unnamed person was described as a middle-aged individual from eastern Iowa. The statement said the person had been cared for at University of Iowa Health Care.
It did not indicate how long he...
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE: October 28, 2024:
Invasive Bat Fungus Confirmed in Five California Counties
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected in several counties across California this year, although bats with visible signs of the disease have yet to be observed in the state.
White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across North America and decimated entire colonies. Hibernating bats like little brown myotis, Yuma myotis, and cave myotis are especially vulnerable.
While...
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The state Department of Environmental Conservation says a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) - which affects the brain and nervous system of deer, elk and moose - has been confirmed.
The disease was detected “in a facility in DEC’s Region 6 area,” according to a press release Sunday afternoon from the DEC.
Region 6 takes in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in the north country, as well as Herkimer...
US Population: 345,992,498
Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 7.9%.
Projected number of persons with overnight hospital stays: 27,333,407
Projected number of persons harmed by hospital diagnosis mistakes: 1,952,386
NEWSWEEK – Harmful diagnostic errors may occur for as many as one in every 14 hospital patients receiving medical care, a new study based on a single medical center in the U.S. has found. As many as 85 percent of these errors may...
Taylor Farms removed yellow onions from the market “out of an abundance of caution,” and distributor US Foods has issued a recall of four onion products due to “potential E. coli contamination.”