Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. | |
Source of Canadian listeria outbreak confirmed August 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canadian authorities have confirmed a link between a listeria food poisoning outbreak that killed four people and products from Toronto food processor Maple Leaf Foods. | |
New case of mad cow disease detected in Canada August 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
A new case of mad cow disease has been detected in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the government's Food Inspection Agency announced Friday. | |
Study points to new test for Alzheimer's August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A method of medical imaging known as PET scans may allow doctors to develop a non-invasive test for Alzheimer's by spotting abnormal brain "plaques" associated with the disease, Finnish researchers report in a new study. ... | |
New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria: FAO August 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A strain of highly pathogenic bird flu previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria, the UN food agency said Tuesday. | |
Whole Foods recalls possible E. coli-tainted beef August 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Whole Foods Market, the top US organic foods supermarket chain, announced this weekend a voluntary recall of fresh ground beef it sold since June 2 due to potential contamination with E. coli bacteria. | |
Indonesian villagers test negative for bird flu: health ministry August 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Thirteen people in Indonesia suspected of having bird flu have tested negative for the feared disease, the country's health ministry said Saturday. | |
Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak' August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Indonesia has rushed a team of specialists to a village in Sumatra to confirm a suspected outbreak of bird flu which has affected at least 13 people, a health official said Thursday. | |
SKorea cat had bird flu: officials July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A cat found dead in a South Korean city was infected with a virulent strain of bird flu, the first mammal in the country known to have had the H5N1 virus, health officials said on Tuesday. | |
SKorea to start year-end monitoring for bird flu July 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. | |
HK, British health alert after TB death: report June 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
British and Hong Kong health authorities are urgently tracing people who came into contact with a woman who died of TB after flying home from the Chinese city, a newspaper reported on Sunday. | |
New cholera outbreaks in Vietnam: health official June 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Vietnam is experiencing new outbreaks of cholera, the health ministry said Friday, despite efforts since last year to eradicate the dangerous bacterial disease. | |
Taiwan combats virus as death toll hits seven June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Taiwan has barred children aged under five from going to public play areas in a bid to contain the spread of a highly contagious virus that has killed seven so far this year, officials said Sunday. | |
'Elephant legs' woman set for operation in Taiwan June 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A desperate young Chinese woman with a rare condition which has caused her legs to deform and treble in size is dreaming of a normal life after upcoming surgery in Taiwan. | |
Hong Kong culls all live poultry in markets after bird flu outbreak June 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Hong Kong said Wednesday it would slaughter all live poultry in markets and shops around the city following a fresh outbreak of bird flu. | |
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