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Is the PB&J doomed to be renamed the Salmonella Sandwich? For the second time in two years, peanut butter has been determined as the culprit in ... Read More »

Anyone who was scared off greens after the massive spinach recall two years ago might find themselves eating a big spinach salad soon. The FDA is ... Read More »

Surely, you know by now that tomatoes are a no-go. Well, some of them, anyway. I admit I was in the dark at first and didn't know of the whole tomato ... Read More »

Four people in the Milwaukee area are confirmed to have contracted measles. A 37-year-old man and three children under 2 years old have been infected ... Read More »

The state of Indiana has issued an outbreak alert due to E. coli due to the sickening of about 10 people in an Indiana elementary school (seven ... Read More »

As was reported a few weeks ago, a waterborne parasite with a funny name continues to show up in Idaho. Not only have infants and young kids been ... Read More »

I haven't read much about the upcoming 2008 Olympics, and although it's good that they're preparing for the worst, I was surprised that some of the ... Read More »

Maybe I'm just being naive (it wouldn't be the first time), but I never really thought about the fact that if a bird flu pandemic hit then the grocery ... Read More »

In the wake of all the flu warnings we've been hearing for the last several months, federal health officials have released a new system for ranking ... Read More »

Vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps and headaches. Welcome to 2007! Thanks to some particularly nasty noroviruses, the United States has seen nearly ... Read More »