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August 31, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 30, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella checks cost council dear
Council chiefs are seeking almost £34,000 to cover the massive cost of investigating the salmonella contamination of Cadbury’s chocolate. Almost one million bars of chocolate were pulled from the shelves after traces of the deadly disease were discovered. Contamination was traced to the famous company’s factory at Marlbrook in Herefordshire …
August 30, 2006 • Hepatitis A
OFFICIALS REPORT NO NEW CASES OF HEPATITIS A
School opening worries parents By JOHN GILLIS Health Reporter August 30, 2006 No new cases of hepatitis A have been identified in the past week, public health officials announced Tuesday. But with classes set to resume next week, some Lower Sackville parents are worried the virus could have a resurgence …
August 30, 2006 • Hepatitis A
GET YOUR SHOTS
Lax vaccination requirements are no excuse for travelers to endanger hometowns. News Sentinel Wed, Aug. 30, 2006 For the second time in two years, travelers have come back home to Indiana and created public-health problems. How often does this need to happen before the United States requires its citizens to …
August 29, 2006 • Salmonella
FRUIT TO ROOT OUT MRSA
Black currants have boosted their healthy food status after research showed they can combat the deadly hospital superbug MRSA. The fruit is already recognised for helping to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and fight against heart disease and cancer. Other bacteria such as salmonella and listeria can also be stopped in their …
August 29, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEPATITIS A BACK IN ASHEVILLE
County plans shots for recent Trevi customers by Andre A. Rodriguez, ARODRIGUEZ@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM August 29, 2006 ASHEVILLE — The Buncombe County Health Center on Monday confirmed a case of hepatitis A in restaurant worker, setting in motion plans to give up to 1,300 preventive shots to head off any chance of …
August 29, 2006 • Hepatitis A
SHOTS TO PREVENT HEPATITIS A AVAILABLE TODAY AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT
by Angie Newsome August 29, 2006 ASHEVILLE – The Buncombe County Health Center will offer free shots to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday. The shots are in response to two cases of hepatitis A health officials confirmed Monday. The cases …
August 29, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK UPDATE: 190 SHOTS GIVEN AS OF 5:30 P.M.
Citizen Times by Staff reports August 29, 2006 ASHEVILLE – Officials at the Buncombe County Health Center say they’ve given 190 shots of immune globulin to people as of 5:30 p.m. today to prevent the spread of hepatitis A after the virus was confirmed in two people, including one worker …
August 29, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Shots to prevent hepatitis A available today at health department
by Angie Newsome August 29, 2006 ASHEVILLE – The Buncombe County Health Center will offer free shots to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday. The shots are in response to two cases of hepatitis A health officials confirmed Monday. The cases …
August 29, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A back in Asheville
County plans shots for recent Trevi customers by Andre A. Rodriguez, ARODRIGUEZ@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM August 29, 2006 ASHEVILLE — The Buncombe County Health Center on Monday confirmed a case of hepatitis A in restaurant worker, setting in motion plans to give up to 1,300 preventive shots to head off any chance of …
August 29, 2006 • Salmonella
Wal-Mart identified as source of salmonella outbreak
The state health department have traced a salmonella outbreak to the deli and bakery departments at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on North Emerson in Greenwood. The health department has confirmed at least 84 cases of salmonella since May of this year. The store has discarded all possible contaminated food, and cleaned …
August 29, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella cases traced to Wal-Mart
Indiana state health officials have pinpointed the deli and bakery departments of a Greenwood Wal-Mart as the source of a salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 84 people this summer. "We believe food handlers who didn’t have any symptoms may have contaminated the deli and bakery products," Lynae Granzow, enteric …
August 29, 2006 • Salmonella
FRUIT TO ROOT OUT MRSA
Black currants have boosted their healthy food status after research showed they can combat the deadly hospital superbug MRSA, reports The Daily Record. The fruit is already recognized for helping to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and fight against heart disease and cancer. Scientists discovered that special compounds found in black currants …
August 29, 2006 • Salmonella
Source of Salmonella Outbreak Traced to Greenwood Store
State health investigators report the Wal-Mart in Greenwood appears to be the source of an outbreak of Salmonella poisonings. The bakery and deli areas of the store are at the center of the investigation. 84 cases of the illness have been reported since May in Johnson and Marion counties. All …
August 28, 2006 • Salmonella
Strict health guidelines for School Meals Programme
Senator Joanne Massiah, Minister with responsibility for the School Meals Programme, has allayed any concerns about the preparation and safe handling of the food. One major concern that would be on the minds of parents is that of food borne illnesses such as Campylobacter, E.coli or salmonella bacteria. Food that …
August 28, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 28, 2006 • Hepatitis A
2,600 get hepatitis shots after eating at pizzeria
28.aug.06 The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Ashley Rhodebeck http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/15380267.htm More than 2,600 people crowded the Allen County Fairgrounds this weekend to receive treatment for hepatitis A after a local Pizza Hut employee was diagnosed with the disease Thursday. Anyone who dined in, carried out or ordered food from the …
August 28, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Coventry Pizza Hut diners face risk from hepatitis A: Clinic this weekend for patrons exposed Aug. 3-19
26.aug.06 Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Indiana)/South Bend Tribune (Indiana)/ Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. — County health officials were cited as saying Friday that thousands of patrons who dined at a local Pizza Hut between Aug. 3 and Aug. 19 may have been exposed to hepatitis A and a free …
August 28, 2006 • Hepatitis A
More than 1,100 seek hepatitis A shots
27.aug.06 WANE TV (Fort Wayne, Indiana) http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=5331249 Roughly 1,150 people showed up for a Saturday shot clinic at the Allen County Fairgrounds, seeking protection after possible exposure to Hepatitis A. The story says that most people at Saturday’s shot clinic seemed to be taking it all in stride. Laura Aman …
August 28, 2006 • Salmonella
Back to safety in school science labs
Elementary school students have been slicing and dicing owl pellets for decades. And anyone who endured high school chemistry surely remembers when the teacher created a dancing, colorful flame using a brew of alcohol and salt. But sometimes the experiments are done in the wrong place, or they’re done without …
August 28, 2006 • Salmonella
Red-eared slider one slippery pet
Lately, there are lots of baby turtles available in souvenir stores, some pet stores, on the Boardwalk and the Ocean Walk in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the flea market there, at least five vendors sell them. The curious thing is that the turtles are illegal. Selling them is punishable, technically …
August 25, 2006 • Salmonella
Health officials investigate salmonella outbreak
Investigators have their theories about the source of a salmonella outbreak that’s sickened more than four dozen people in the Indianapolis area this summer., but Lynae Granzow, an epidemiologist with the Indiana State Department of Health, declined to give specifics until their work is complete. But she said it appears …
August 25, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 25, 2006 • Salmonella
Health Canada Warns Against Unpasteurized Fruit Juices
Health Canada has issued an advisory to parents not to give unpasteurized apple juice or other unpasteurized products including cider, fruit juices and raw milk to their children. Even the elderly and people with weak immune systems are advised not to consume such products. The reason is that such products …
August 25, 2006 • Salmonella
Three killed by Salmonella in Western Hungary
CaboodleNews reports three people have died due to complications with relating to a Salmonella infection in Szombathely, in western Hungary. The National Public Health and Medical Officers Service sent an official report on the events to the Vas County Police yesterday, and the criminal department ordered an investigation to find …
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