Bacteria-tainted syringes sicken dozens
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Federal health officials said Tuesday they are investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states that have been linked to medical syringes contaminated with bacteria.
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A water firm faces charges of supplying water unfit for human consumption after hundreds were left ill.
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Health officials said Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.
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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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Boston University confirmed that three researchers who fell ill last year had been exposed to a potentially lethal bacterium, and a local health official said the city should have been notified sooner.
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Health officials said the student had become infected with a virulent, drug-resistant strain of bacteria that is primarily spread in hospitals but that in recent years has surfaced increasingly in nonhospital settings.
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A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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The worst forms of the killer tuberculosis bug have been gaining ground in the United States, alarming public health officials over imported drug-resistant strains of a disease that is mostly under control in this country.
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Public schools in Mount Vernon are being disinfected after a worker and a student showed signs of an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, authorities said.
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Health officials blamed a highly contagious, hard-to-get-rid-of virus for an outbreak of illness among nearly 400 patrons of an Olive Garden restaurant outside Indianapolis.
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Chinaâs recent crackdown on unsafe pharmaceuticals came too late for some victims, like Du Haipeng and Liu Sichen, who were treated with a contaminated drug.
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ISLAMABAD: The Health Ministry has prepared a draft bill to control the rampant use of syringes in the country. The draft bill will be presented before parliament after the Law Ministry vets it.
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A drug-resistant type of "superbug" bacteria called MRSA is more than eight times as common as believed in U.S. hospitals, putting patients at risk and posing a big hygiene problem, experts said on Tuesday.
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Bacterial contamination was first reported more than a month ago at a British flu vaccine factory.
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Fifty-five children have been infected with the HIV virus in a paediatric hospital in Kazakhstan, likely through unsanitary use of needles, the health ministry said.
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That&#39;s after a number of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were hit by infections. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is resistant to most antibiotic drugs.
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Fear a virulent strain of the C. difficile bacterium has spread beyond hospital walls is being fuelled by a report two Montreal university students are infected.