Posts tagged centers for disease control

• Recall expands to 12 brands of dry cat and dog food after at least 14 people sickened by Salmonella

  Paul Napoli | May 06, 2012 1:25 AM | 49 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Officials have linked an outbreak of Salmonella infections to recalled pet food manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that fourteen...

• Multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to tuna used in restaurant and grocery prepared foods

  Paul Napoli | April 18, 2012 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Government officials say the likely source of an outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections across twenty states and the District of Columbia is a tuna product used in sushi, sashimi, ceviche,...

• CDC warns of 13 bathtub refinisher deaths tied to common paint stripping chemical

  Paul Napoli | February 28, 2012 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Federal health officials are warning that thirteen bathtub refinishing workers have died after exposure to methylene chloride, a chemical ingredient in many products used to strip bathtubs before...

• CDC Reports 62% Increase in ER Visits for Children’s Athletic Related Traumatic Brain Injuries

  Paul Napoli | October 12, 2011 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  October 11, 2011 A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that emergency room visits of persons under age nineteen for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from...

• As Sales of Potassium Iodide Skyrocket, So May Cases of Drug Injury

  Paul Napoli | March 18, 2011 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  March 17, 2011 The radiation from Japan’s nuclear power plant crisis has spurred a dramatic increase in sales of Potassium Iodide in the United States, reports The Huffington Post. Potassium...

• CDC &FDA Investigating Reports of Seizures in Young Children after Flu Vaccine

  Paul Napoli | January 22, 2011 11:02 PM | 8 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  January 22, 2011 Reports of young children having seizures after receiving the flu vaccine have prompted government agencies to investigate. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...

• Cruise Ship Increases Disinfection Efforts after Outbreak of Intestinal Illness

  Paul Napoli | January 08, 2011 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  January 8, 2011 A cruise ship returned to port on Saturday with more than 150 sick passengers, prompting enhanced sanitation efforts aboard ship. Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas...

• How your antibiotic use today can cause your own or someone else’s death in the future

  Paul Napoli | November 16, 2010 11:21 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  November 16, 2010 Overprescribing and misuse of antibiotics creates “super bugs” that are resistant to antibiotics, endangering the lives of people who develop these dangerous...

• 5,000 Mayo Clinic and St. Luke’s Patients at Risk for Hepatitis C from Hospital Employee

  Paul Napoli | September 25, 2010 5:09 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  September 24, 2010 The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL is sending warning letters to 5,000 patients potentially exposed to Hepatitis C from a hospital worker who injected himself with painkillers...

• 380 Million Eggs Recalled Nationwide, How to Keep Your Family Safe from Salmonella in Eggs

  Paul Napoli | August 20, 2010 2:50 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  August 19, 2010 Hundreds of salmonella infection cases have prompted a nationwide recall of eggs and reminded us of some basic food safety rules. After a four-fold increase in cases of Salmonella...