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Farmworkers sue Calif. regulators over heat rules

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The United Farm Workers of America sued California's work safety division Thursday, saying state regulators aren't enforcing heat regulations, leading to continued illnesses and deaths in the fields. The lawsuit, filed on behalf

FDA: Fungus in tainted steroids and patients match

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one behind the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials said Thursday. The match confirms the link between the outbreak and the maker of the steroids,

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities - police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them - quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of

KHQ MD ALERT: Meningitis Deaths Rise, FDA Faces New Questions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wednesday, while U.S. lawmakers pressed federal health regulators to explain what they knew about the pharmacy that produced the drugs. The Centers for Disease

Study: Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in men

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer America's favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found. The result is a surprise because many

Stocks shine as Thais, Filipinos nurture stability

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - The two Asian nations with the region's best performing stock markets in the past year are unlikely havens for investors: Thailand and the Philippines. Both are better known for troubled politics and natural disasters, but have outshone

UPDATE: WSU Student Hospitalized With Case Of Bacterial Meningitis Showing Improvement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

Washington State University Press Release: PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University student hospitalized with a confirmed case of bacterial meningitis has shown encouraging signs of recovery. Dr. Bruce Wright, executive director or WSU's Health and Wellness Services (HWS),

UPDATE: WSU Student Hospitalized With Case Of Bacterial Meningitis Showing Improvement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

Search for body of UNH student put on hold

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

DOVER, N.H. (AP) - The search for the body of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student was suspended Sunday ahead of the arraignment for a martial arts instructor active in community theater who's been charged in her death, a prosecutor said. A ground and water search on and around

At CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A scientist in a white lab coat peers through a microscope at