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200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a

Study: chicken, ground beef are riskiest meats

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An analysis of more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness shows that ground beef and chicken have caused more hospitalizations than other meats. The report by the Center for Science in Public Interest says chicken nuggets, ham and sausage

Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday. Cases of campylobacter grew by 14 percent over the last five years, a government study found. The Centers for Disease Control

NC airman at center of rabies case was outdoorsman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 18th

By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - William Edward Small was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt, trap and fish. When the 20-year-old airman died while undergoing training in Florida's panhandle, his death was shocking enough. His family and ex-girlfriend were first told

3rd person dies in Calif. from mushroom poisoning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A third person has died from eating poisonous mushrooms at a California senior care facility where a caretaker found the fungus in the backyard and used it to make soup, authorities said Wednesday. The 90-year-old man died on Saturday, state

Predicting presidents, storms and life by computer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 10th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Forget political pundits, gut instincts, and psychics. The mightier-than-ever silicon chip seems to reveal the future. In just two weeks this fall, computer models displayed an impressive prediction prowess. It started when the first

Tara Reid hospitalized with food poisoning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 21st

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Olympic experts sure they can repel cyber threats

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 3rd

By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Vital computer systems for London's 2012 Olympic Games have come under repeated cyber-attacks - but only from hackers who were invited to join in thousands of hours of security tests. Atos, the lead technology