Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
General Mills recalls flour over possible E. coli link
General Mills is recalling about 10 million pounds of its flour over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states.
May 31, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Norovirus sickens 159 on cruise ship docked in Norfolk
Passengers on a cruise ship docked in Virginia have been sickened with norovirus.
Apr 29, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
88 people at NY college fall ill with norovirus symptoms
Officials say nearly 90 people at a private university in western New York have fallen ill with symptoms linked to norovirus.
Apr 14, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
200 students at Miami University of Ohio sick from norovirus
Miami University of Ohio says some 200 students have been sickened in a norovirus outbreak.
Feb 24, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US declares E. coli outbreak over at Chipotle restaurants
US health authorities Monday declared an end to two separate outbreaks of E. coli that sickened dozens of customers at Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle in the United States.
Feb 1, 2016
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Medical research
Exploring vulnerabilities of the Cryptosporidium parasite
Cryptosporidium parvum is a gastrointestinal parasite that can cause moderate to severe diarrhea in children and adults, and deadly opportunistic infection in AIDS patients. Because C. parvum is resistant to chlorine disinfectant ...
Nov 12, 2015
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Health
New report highlights gains in child survival, progress needed to address leading killers
The 2015 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report: Sustainable Progress in the Post-2015 Era, released today on World Pneumonia Day by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...
Nov 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Controlling levels of specific gut bacteria could help prevent severe diarrhea
Everyone has suffered from it. It's ranged from mild to severe. It's a condition that's most-often described in a whisper.
Nov 10, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infection tied to California restaurant sickens 188 people
Public health officials in California say at least 188 people in six counties have contracted a bacterial infection after eating at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant.
Oct 28, 2015
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Medical research
GI side effects of chemotherapy reduced in mice by targeting gut microbes
The blame for some of chemotherapy's awful side effects may lie with our gut microbes, early evidence suggests. As chemotherapy drugs are eliminated from the body, bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract can latch onto them ...
Sep 10, 2015
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