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Tapeworm drug, niclosamide, effective against MRSA in-vitro: Brown study

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A new study provides evidence from lab experiments that a drug already used in people to fight tapeworms might also prove effective against strains of the superbug MRSA, which kills thousands of people...

Dog flu Q & A from the CDC

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What is canine influenza (dog flu)? Canine influenza (also known as dog flu) is a contagious respiratory disease in dogs caused by specific Type A influenza viruses known to infect dogs. These are called...

Greystone Foods issues recall on products shipped to Publix

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Greystone Foods, LLC voluntarily recalls Today’s Harvest Field Peas with Snaps, Silver Queen Corn, and Broccoli Florets with the sell by date 04/21/16 shipped to Publix Supermarkets warehouse in Lakeland,...

Publix recalls Deli Self-Service Salad Bar green peas due to Listeria risk

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Out of an abundance of caution, Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for green peas available for selection from the company’s 68 Deli Self-Service Salad Bars. The Deli Salad Bars are...

Ohio botulism update: Case count grows as health officials close in on source

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In a follow-up to the initial report on the Lancaster, OH botulism outbreak that is linked to a church potluck last weekend, health officials put the total tally at around 30 as of Friday. One local media...

Suspected TB case reported in Pinellas Park High School student

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The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County (DOH-Pinellas) is investigating a suspected case of tuberculosis (TB) in a 17-year-old student at Pinellas Park High School. In a notice to parents,...

St. Lucie County reports 2nd measles case

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The Florida Department of Health today confirmed a second case of measles in an unvaccinated child in St. Lucie County. This locally acquired case was isolated as a precaution as the first case was confirmed...

Indiana HIV outbreak grows, CDC issues health advisory

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The HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana continues to grow as state health officials now put the total cases at 142. Scott and Jackson counties both have reported at least five cases, which is the State’s...

Listeria: Ohio company, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, recalls all products

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Following the complete recall of all Blue Bell Ice Cream products due to the multistate Listeria monocytogenes,  Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has initiated a voluntary recall of all ice creams, frozen...

Malaysia dengue outbreak prompts CDC travel notice

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The number of dengue fever cases and deaths in Malaysia continue to rise as the health ministry puts the case count at over 38,000 and the death toll at 117. This represents an approximately 40 percent...