The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday the agency is aware of 55 cases nationally, including four people who have been hospitalized.. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people»»»

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented more than three dozen cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin. On Friday, t»»»

Alfalfa sprouts under the brand names Calco and Everything Sprouts have sickened 55 people across 15 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday. Photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Dozens of people across 15 states have been sickened »»»

WASHINGTON - Taylor Farms, a California-based lettuce supplier, and food distributor Sysco are removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from Mexico, the companies said on July 17, as they seek to curtail the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United States in recent years. Taylor Farms said it w»»»

NEW YORK, Sept 30 — A coalition of attorneys general across states including New York, Minnesota and Arizona vowed yesterday to protect access to mifepristone, the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States. The move comes as the Trump administration has reportedly launched a»»»

Just 15 months after receiving an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for excellence in community water fluoridation, the city of Grayling, Michigan, changed course. With little notice or fanfare, council members voted unanimously in May to end Grayling’s decadeslong treatment»»»

WASHINGTON — A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a “large metallic chain” police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects before going near the powerful magnets used in the medical imaging machines.The 61-year-»»»

A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study's author said. The report, called "Thimerosal as a »»»

The FDA has upgraded the recall of over 6,300 Lay’s potato chip bags to the highest risk level after they were found to contain undeclared milk. Representative imageChips are known to be unhealthy but now they can even be a cause for death. In the latest findings, the FDA has warned that the recall»»»