CDC Identifies Two New Norovirus Strains
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ATLANTA -- A 90-year-old nursing home patient died from the stomach flu last year, marking the first time U.S. health officials confirmed that the highly contagious bug is sometimes fatal.
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OMAHA, Neb. &#151; A week after ConAgra Foods Inc. recalled peanut butter from its Georgia plant after a salmonella outbreak, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the presence of the dangerous germ.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Richard Knox reports on the contamination of flu vaccines manufactured by Chrion. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the contamination was detected early enough
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Scientists have taken a step closer to creating a vaccine against a virus that causes the most common form of diarrhea and vomiting in children.
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Scientists have taken a step closer to  creating a vaccine against a virus that causes the most common  form of diarrhea and vomiting in children.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- More human cases of West Nile virus have shown up in Iowa. State health officials say two more cases have been confirmed.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health today reported two new cases of West Nile disease. They raise the total number of confirmed cases this year to 56, surpassing last year&#39;s total of 54 cases.
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Pakistan and South Korea reported new  bird flu cases in poultry on Saturday, underlining findings by  the United Nations that this season's wave of the virus came  mostly from reared rather than migratory birds.
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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 56 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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By Josh Goldstein, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 14--The Food and Drug Administration yesterday notified pediatricians and parents of 28 cases of a potentially life-threatening condition in infants and children vaccinated against rotavirus, a leading cause of severe diarrhea worldwide.
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A second bird in Calaveras County has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the county public health department announced yesterday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was notifying health-care providers and consumers about reports of some 28 cases of infants suffering a serious bowel condition after receiving Merck & Co's new vaccine against the Rotavirus.
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Washington University researchers are the first to grow a common cause of diarrhea, vomiting and other stomach problems in a lab, a move that a North Carolina expert said could speed along development of a vaccine, the university said Monday.
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TORONTO (CP) - A strain of C. difficile with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest that bacteria strain may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of
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Spinach contaminated with E. coli. Frozen oysters tainted by norovirus. Peanut butter fouled by salmonella.
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Taiwan has discovered two strains of  avian flu in migratory birds in the northern part of the  island, the first cases to be found since the start of 2004,  the government said on Wednesday.
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Almost three million people have been affected by norovirus so far this winter the latest figures suggest.