The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded warnings to consumers on Friday to avoid the growth of all types of Romaine Lettuce in Yuma, Arizona because E. coli outbreak in at least 61 people in 16 states. The agency had previously instructed people not to eat chopped bags ...
Read More »UPMC employee may have exposed Tuberculosis
Employees of the UPMC Presbyterian Emergency Department may have patients and staff exposed to TB. The hospital is working with the Allegheny County Department of Health to track down, notify and test all of these. According to a statement issued by UPMC chief quality officer Tami Minnier on Friday, laboratory ...
Read More »Report more lettuce-related diseases in E. coli outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of people hospitalized due to multiple E. coli related to romaine lettuce continues to increase. According to the CDC, since March 13th, about 53 people have reported infection in 16 states. Of these, 31 were hospitalized. Five of them ...
Read More »Drug Overdose deaths linked to heroin cut with a potent opioid
Overdose heroin deaths in West Virginia due to the use of potent opioids last year meant that tranquilizing elephants more than doubled. Data released by the West Virginia Health Statistics Center shows the opioid battered state continues to grapple with the influx of powerful synthetic opioids like carfentanil, which is roughly ...
Read More »U.S. Adults over 17 billion is Binge drinking, CDC study says
Extreme drinking can kill you – and claims the lives of an expected 88,000 Americans for every year, according to a first-of-its-kind study. That is 1 of every 10 deaths in working-age grown-ups – and the greater part are identified with binge drinking. On the off chance that you locate ...
Read More »Measles Child is being treated in isolation after Newark arrival
A Child who arrived Monday from abroad at Memphis International Airport is being treatment in isolation Friday at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital after to being diagnosed with Measles, said Dr. Helen Morrow, Health Officer for the Shelby County Health Department. Approximately 75 people who might have been exposed to the disease, ...
Read More »CDC Says Lung disease killed Dentists very fast
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Says Lung disease killed dentists at a very fast rate than the general population in a Virginia hospital. Over the past two decades, according to a new report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...
Read More »One in 14 Women smoked during pregnancy, CDC report says
In excess of seven percent of women who had babies in 2016 smoked during their pregnancies, information discharged today by the CDC uncover. Smoking has for quite some time been known to raise risks that babies will be conceived before, more broken down and littler, however numerous women battle to ...
Read More »$10,000 reward for information about CDC doctor Timothy Cunningham
Family of Timothy Cunningham, who hasn’t been seen or gotten notification from since Feb. 12, have cooperated with Crime Stoppers to offer a $10,000 reward in his case, police said Saturday. The cash is reserved for information that “prompts a capture and arraignment in this case,” Atlanta police representative Officer ...
Read More »Health officer say 523 dead from flu during current flu season
State health officials say there have been no less than 523 pneumonia and influenza deaths in Arizona so far amid the ebb and flow influenza season, adding to more than 200 more than in the meantime last season. The state Department of Health Service says numerous influenza related deaths are ...
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