Taco Bell :: Taco Bells to throw out their food
New Jersey health officials addressing an E.coli outbreak on Wednesday asked Taco Bell restaurants in the state to throw out all their food and better train workers in hygiene and food handling.
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Miscarriage :: Underweight women with higher risk of miscarriage
A London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine team revealed that women who are very underweight before they become pregnant are 72% more likely to miscarry in the first three months of pregnancy.
HIV :: 17 AIDS cases reported in Q3 – HK
In the third quarter, 96 people – 81 men and 15 women – tested HIV positive, bringing the cumulative number of infections to 3,100, the Centre for Health Protection says.
Girl rights role model Marta launched to promote gender equality in Timor-Leste
The Office for Promotion of Equality (OPE), which comes under the Office of the Prime Minister, with UNICEF, officially launched the Marta Communication Initiative on 10 November 2006. This is a multimedia edutainment package of radio melodramas, stickers, posters, brochures and, in the future comic books and cartoon films, about a girl Marta, her brother Atoy, their pet parrot Kakatua and their adventures.
Washing hands simplest way to avoid infections
Sickness due to infections affects some 1.4 million people worldwide despite one of the most powerful approaches to fighting the scourge also being the simplest that is cleaning hands every time a doctor or nurse sees a patient.
Pattern of Human Ebola Outbreaks Linked to Wildlife and Climate
A visiting biologist at the University of California, San Diego and her colleagues in Africa and Britain have shown that there are close linkages between outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in human and wildlife populations, and that climate may influence the spread of the disease.
Health :: Myiasis case confirmed
The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a myiasis case involving a 97-year-old Kwai Chung woman, bringing the year’s total to 10, all local cases.
Health :: Agenda Items for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), to be held Dec. 4 – 9, in Houston, Texas.
Malaria :: Eye-opening research provides important diagnostic tool for major childhood killer
The eye can provide a very reliable way of diagnosing cerebral malaria, researchers in Malawi have shown. By looking at the changes to the retina, doctors are able to determine whether an unconscious child is suffering from this severe form of malaria or another, unrelated illness, leading to the most appropriate treatment.
Health :: Closure of a fish stall, infected with Vibrio cholerae
The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has ordered the temporary closure of a fish stall in San Hui Market, Tuen Mun for thorough disinfection following the discovery of Vibrio cholerae in a water sample collected from its fish tank.