The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed three new cases of people with West Nile virus, bringing the total to six human cases of West Nile virus in Illinois for 2007.
A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increase risk of bipolar disorder.
To better understand schizophrenia, a University of Missouri-Columbia psychology researcher simulated one of its more common symptoms – the inability to speak clearly or respond to questions in a precise manner – in people who don’t have the illness.
The US Food and Drug Administration FDA, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and numerous state agencies, has visited thousands of retail establishments this week to ensure that canned food and pet food products manufactured and distributed by Castleberry’s Food Company that could contain botulism are removed from store shelves and ensure proper disposal of the product.
Even comparatively low levels of air pollution boost the chances of an early death, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax.
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to eat fresh ginger imported from China after the California Department of Pesticide Regulation?s residue monitoring program detected the presence of aldicarb sulfoxide in some batches of imported ginger.
The use of steroid medication to treat bronchiolitis ? a common viral lower respiratory infection in infants ? does not prevent hospitalization or improve their respiratory symptoms, according to a study published in the July 26 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
As of midnight July_19, 2007, the Medicare Advantage contract between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and America?s Health Choice, Inc. (AHC) of Vero Beach, Florida is terminated.
Three additional counties have reported positive West Nile virus mosquito batches to the Illinois Department of Public Health this week bringing the total number of counties reporting West Nile virus to seven.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume certain pre-packaged and bulk sesame seeds described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella.