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Intense pain, confusing diagnosis mark meningitis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A week after her annual steroid shot for back pain, Janet Russell began getting unbearable headaches. A fever followed. Doctors admitted her to the hospital, but couldn't say what was wrong. "She is screaming and nothing is helping

Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses. Authorities took the step to help identify

Fungi blamed for meningitis rarely cause trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MALCOLM RITTERAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The two kinds of fungus linked to a meningitis outbreak are found in plenty of places and rarely make people sick. People inhale one kind, Aspergillus, all the time without any problem. It's nearly impossible to avoid, found in such places

Problems found at peanut butter plant in 2010

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration found what it called "objectionable conditions" at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before the current outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to Trader Joe's peanut butter produced

Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that steroid shots they got for back pain may have been contaminated with a fungus tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak. It became apparent Thursday that hundreds, and

News Summary: Salmonella outbreak tied to salmon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By The Associated Press SOMETHING FISHY: Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds in the Netherlands, sparking major recalls there and in the U.S. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also investigating the cause of a multi-state outbreak of the

Salmonella-Tainted Smoked Salmon Sparks Recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

10:39AM EST October 2. 2012 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the U.S., sparking a major recall, health authorities said Tuesday. The National Institute for Public Health and the

AP Interview: Italy to assist Libya on security

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

By MARIA SANMINIATELLIAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Italy will expand its economic and social commitments in Libya even as the North African country continues to battle problems that range from unsecured borders to dangerous armed groups, Italy's foreign minister said Friday. A former

Syrian rebels launch broadest push yet for Aleppo

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Rebels on Friday pressed their broadest assault yet to drive President Bashar Assad's forces out of Syria's largest city, activists said, with fierce fighting erupting in an Aleppo neighborhood that is home to Kurds, an ethnic minority that

All Yosemite workers to be offered hantavirus test

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Yosemite National Park will offer testing to all employees at the site to determine if they have ever been infected with a deadly mouse-borne virus, officials said Thursday. The testing to be done by state health officials will be