Only a year after the swine flu pandemic led Americans to line up for flu shots, many people are now spurning vaccines, two studies suggest. Only 37% of people plan to definitely get vaccinated this year, a Consumer Reports survey shows. About 30% say they definitely won’t get a shot, while 31% of respondents...
WHO Disease Outbreak News
- Yellow fever in Cameroon February 3, 2012
- Yellow fever in Ghana February 3, 2012
- Avian influenza - situation in China - update January 24, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam January 20, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update January 19, 2012
FDA – Recalls/Safety Alerts
- Consumer Update Analytics February 3, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2011 January 25, 2012
- Jan. 18 Webinar: Reporting Bad Reactions From Cosmetics January 12, 2012
- FDA Warns About Stem Cell Claims January 6, 2012
- FDA Targets Risks From Reused Medical Devices December 28, 2011
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: November 2011 December 27, 2011
- Know Concentration Before Giving Acetaminophen to Infants December 22, 2011
- FDA Targets Gastric Band Weight-Loss Claims December 13, 2011
- FDA Widens Look at Arsenic in Apple Juice December 9, 2011
- FDA and Partners Working to Prevent Surgical Fires December 9, 2011
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California Whooping Cough Epidemic
California is facing what could be the state’s biggest outbreak of pertussis since 1958, according to its top public health official. Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said, “Whooping cough is now an epidemic in California,” “Children should be vaccinated against the disease and parents, family members and...
Lettuce E. coli outbreak spreads
An outbreak of food-borne illness linked to romaine lettuce has spread to four states and sickened at least 23 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. People in four states have been sickened in Tennessee,Michigan, Ohio and New York.
Romaine Lettuce Recall
Multistate Outbreak of Human E. coli O145 Infections Linked to Shredded Romaine Lettuce from a Single Processing Facility. As of May 5, 2010, a total of 19 confirmed and 10 probable cases related to this outbreak have been reported from 3 states since March 1, 2010. The number of ill persons identified in each...
Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges
Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain. A British Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Examples of Tamiflu resistance are very rare, but when this does occur it has often been among these especially vulnerable patients. In other words,...
E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef recall
Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) updated the list of retail stores who may have received contaminated ground beef.
Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits
Demand for hand sanitizer has gone through the roof since the first cases of swine flu broke out earlier this year, and some makers of the germ-fighting gels are scrambling to keep up. read more
H1N1 danger to healthy kids
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How good are those N95 masks anyway?
Imagine you’re a critical care specialist, and you’ve just been paged to the hospital room of a 28-year-old patient with swine flu symptoms and shortness of breath. Donning a gown and gloves is second nature. But should you cover your nose and mouth? If so, what should you use? The best answer that public...
Swine flu activity jumps
San Francisco Chronicle The CDC characterized this as “very unusual” for September. In Marin, emergency room visits for the week of Sept. 13 at some area hospitals, jumped over 3% … full story
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