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Ouch: Lower Tylenol's Max Dose, FDA Panel Says
Jul 1, 2009 | 1 comment
Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkillers, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin...
Counting Calories: California Fights Fat
Jul 1, 2009 | 20 comments
California will step up its campaign against bad diets, bulging waistlines and clogged arteries when three new laws dealing with restaurant and school food take effect July 1.
FDA Confirms: E. Coli in Nestle Toll House Cookies
Jun 29, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration says a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.
Swine in Wine Country: Tourist Hotspot Catches Flu
Jun 28, 2009 | 1 comment
The first case of H1N1 is confirmed in Napa County just as the area gears up for summer tourists.
Mexico Turns to Google as Cure for Swine Flu
Jun 22, 2009 | 1 comment
Government hopes partnership will revive tourism.
Swine Flu Officially a World Pandemic
Jun 17, 2009
The World Health Organization has raised the pandemic threat level to six, but the C.D.C. says the declaration will have little effect in the U.S.
FDA Warns Zicam May Cause Loss of Smell
Jun 16, 2009 | 14 comments
Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday.
4th Mexico Burn Victim Arrives in NorCal
Jun 10, 2009
Another child burned at a day care center in Mexico is being treated at Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, the fourth child brought here for care.
Calif. to Become Only State Without Poison Control
May 29, 2009 | 22 comments
You better put down that glass of bleach and stop eating poison oak, because the California Poison Control System is going away.
Swine Flu Fears Subside, But Second Wave Looms
May 14, 2009 | 6 comments
Influenza experts worry that the spring outbreak of swine flu in North America could be followed by a second wave of more severe infections and illnesses next fall and winter.
Swine Flu Vaccine
May 7, 2009
The US may add swine flu shots to seasonal inoculation as health officials fear the new H1N1 virus could wreak havoc during regular flu season.
Photos: Swine Flu Outbreak Worldwide
Jun 3, 2009 | 7 comments
Swine flu cases are erupting worldwide. The WHO raised the alert level to a phase 5, one level short of declaring a full pandemic.
CDC: "Encouraging Signs" as U.S. Swine Flu Cases Near 300
May 7, 2009 | 13 comments
U.S. officials said Monday that it's too early to say the swine-flu threat is receding, even though there are some signs the outbreak may not be as serious as originally feared.
Protecting Yourself From Swine Flu
May 7, 2009 | 2 comments
Tips to avoid swine flu, and how to know whether your illness should send you to the hospital.
Swine Flu Will Not Kill Us After All
May 7, 2009 | 3 comments
Mystery illness fails to deliver on havoc-wreaking potential.
Swine Flu Goes Person-to-Pig; Could It Jump Back?
May 7, 2009
Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly.
First Swine Flu Death of U.S. Resident Confirmed
May 7, 2009 | 10 comments
Texas state health officials confirmed the first death of a U.S. resident from the virus.
Get the 411 on Bay Area Swine Flu
May 7, 2009 | 8 comments
New swine flu cases have popped up in the Bay Area Thursday.
Healthcare In Your Pocket
Apr 17, 2009 | 3 comments
Kaiser Permanente is throwing tons of technology at a longtime problem: how can we make healthcare easier, and more convenient?
Hold the Egg Rolls ...
Apr 8, 2009
The pepper recall at a Union City company is now linked to egg rolls. The state Department of Public Health is advising consumers not to eat chicken or vegetable egg rolls from ...
FDA: Do Not Eat Pistachios
Mar 31, 2009 | 17 comments
Consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination, Federal food safety officials warned last night.
CoCo County Cutting Undocumented Worker Health Care
Mar 17, 2009 | 2 comments
Contra Costa County supervisors are considering cutting medical services to more than 5,000 undocumented workers.
Salmonella Cases: Half Still Come From Crackers
Mar 13, 2009 | 3 comments
Half of new cases of peanut-linked salmonella infections are showing up in people who ate recalled Austin or Keebler crackers, raising worries that not everyone got the message.
Peanut Recall Hits Bay Area Food Banks
Feb 25, 2009
The nationwide recall of peanut products is hitting Bay Area food banks. Agencies are throwing away bins filled with peanut-related products, and products processed on the same equipment as peanuts. This...
Deadly Lag: Outbreak Tracking Took Months
Feb 24, 2009 | 1 comment
Detecting salmonella illnesses linked to tainted peanuts might have gone faster, except that only two-thirds of states require labs to submit samples for DNA tests that signal national outbreaks.
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