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FDA: New rules will make food safer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the most sweeping food

Wounded ex-Rep. Giffords meets with Conn. families

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Just days before the second anniversary of a mass shooting that critically injured Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman was in Newtown meeting privately with families of those killed during last month's massacre at an

Wounded ex-Rep. Giffords meets with Conn. families

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims in last month's shooting that left 26 people dead inside a Connecticut

2012 Was Worst Year For Whooping Cough Since 1955

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

KHQ.COM - Health officials say 2012 was the nation's worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades. About 42,000 cases were reported last year, the most since 1955. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still gathering information, and the number could

Charities in NY raise $400M for Sandy relief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Charities in New York state have raised more than $400 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, the state attorney general said. A survey of 88 nonprofit groups by the office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found that as of mid-December,

House joins Senate to OK bill that avoids fiscal cliff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 2nd

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-one hours after the U.S. Senate did its part to steer the country clear of the so-called fiscal cliff, the House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement late Tuesday night that averted widespread tax