News tagged with federal health officials

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Govt urges new focus on preventing suicides

(AP)—The Obama administration is urging a new focus on preventing suicides, especially among military veterans—and is beefing up the nation's crisis hotline to help.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worst year ever for West Nile in Texas; 40 dead

(AP)—Health officials say it's the worst year ever for West Nile in Texas, which has seen nearly half the country's deaths from the virus this year.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

7-year-old Colo. girl recovers from bubonic plague

(AP)—The parents of 7-year-old Sierra Jane Downing thought she had the flu when she felt sick days after camping in southwest Colorado.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit company recalls mangoes with salmonella risk

(AP)—Fruit distributor Splendid Products is recalling several lots of Daniella brand mangoes, which may have triggered an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 16 states.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: 103 ill with salmonella tied to mangoes

(AP)—Federal health officials are investigating a foodborne illness outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people in 16 states and has been linked to salmonella-tainted mangoes.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: West Nile cases rise 40 percent in 1 week

Federal health officials say that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2nd Yosemite visitor dies of rodent-borne illness

(AP)—About 1,700 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer were warned Tuesday they may have been exposed to a deadly rodent-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two campers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Healthy-looking pigs at state fair found to have swine flu

(HealthDay) -- They were being shown off as healthy porcine specimens, but several of the show pigs at the Minnesota State Fair in 2009 actually were infected with swine flu, according to a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wednesday is national HIV testing day

(HealthDay) -- More than 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but 20 percent of them don't know they're infected.

HIV & AIDS created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fate of 'uninsurables' hinges on Supreme Court

(AP) -- Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President ...

Health created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whooping cough epidemic declared in Wash. state

(AP) -- Washington state's worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades has prompted health officials to declare an epidemic, seek help from federal experts and urge residents to get vaccinated amid worry that cases of the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many U.S. workers sleep-Deprived: CDC

(HealthDay) -- Many American workers get fewer than six hours of sleep each night, putting themselves and their co-workers at risk for serious and sometimes deadly consequences, federal health officials said ...

Health created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tuna linked to salmonella outbreak in 20 states

(AP) -- A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA probes salmonella that has sickened 90 people

(AP) -- Federal health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 90 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, according to a Food and Drug Administration memo.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: Ads spark huge increase to quit smoking line

(AP) -- More than twice as many people called a toll-free number to help them quit smoking a week after the launch of a $54 million ad campaign that shows graphic images of diseased smokers, federal health officials said ...

Health created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0