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Oklahoma infant sickened by rare Cronobacter sakazakii infection has since recovered, health officials said
Read More »New Flu Strain Makes Health Experts Nervous
A new variant of an influenza virus that circulates in pigs has been jumping occasionally into people, providing a surprisingly early opportunity for public health officials to test out some of the lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic . [More]
Read More »Dangerous sex: 27 vintage STD posters
How can sexually transmitted diseases be stopped? Public health officials have taken some surprising approaches
Read More »Video: Origin of listeria outbreak may have been found
Federal health officials may have traced the origin of the deadly listeria outbreak linked to Colorado cantaloupe. Betty Nguyen reports.
Read More »Video: Colo. cantaloupe: Deadliest outbreak in 25 years
Federal health officials report 25 deaths in a dozen states due to listeria contamination from Colorado cantaloupe. Terrell Brown reports.
Read More »Video: Tainted cantaloupe recalled, four people dead
Federal health officials confirmed four people in three states have died from the bacterial infection listeria, traced to contaminated cantaloupe from a Colorado farm. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports
Read More »Video: Health officials warn against Colo. cantaloupe
Federal health officials are warning against eating Colorado-grown cantaloupe.
Read More »Gonorrhea superbug? Scientists fear spread of antibiotic-resistant strain
Swedish scientists identify treatment-resistant strain in Japan, U.S.
Read More »Actos banned in Europe after diabetes drug tied to cancer
French and German health officials pull popular diabetes pill after government-funded study finds bladder cancer risk
Read More »E. coli death toll rises in Europe: Blame cucumbers?
European health officials try to stop disease traced to vegetables containing deadly bacteria
Read More »Smallpox stockpile won’t be destroyed soon, U.S. says: Why not?
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Read More »Feds crack down on bogus cures for STDs
Federal health officials are cracking down on bogus pills and supplements that claim to cure sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, herpes and genital warts.
Read More »NIH obesity plan focuses on real-world research
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Read More »Test gets almost 1 in 5 syphilis cases wrong
Hundreds of people may have been told they tested positive for syphilis when they didn't actually have the disease, health officials say.
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