FDA TAKES STEPS TO PHASE OUT ANTIBIOTICS IN MEAT
By MARY CLARE JALONICK FILE – This April 11, 2012 file photo shows turkeys raised without the use of antibiotics at David Martin’s farm, in Lebanon, Pa. Citing a potential…
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MENINGITIS VICTIMS HOPE FOR MASS. CRIMINAL CHARGES
By DENISE LAVOIE FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, George Cary speaks at his home with his daughters Heather Andrus, 33, middle, of Howell, Mich., and Jill…
Listeria victims’ families meeting with farmers
File- This Sept. 26, 2013 file photo shows Ryan Jensen, 33, front, and brother Eric Jensen, 37, leaving the federal courthouse in Denver. The two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded…
Vietnam releases dengue-blocking mosquito
By MARGIE MASON In this photo taken on Sept. 1, 2013, scientist Simon Kutcher, project manager of the Eliminate Dengue Vietnam research program, blood feeds a cage of mosquitoes in…
NYC COUNCIL VOTES TO MAKE TOBACCO-BUYING AGE 21
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE PEARSON FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013,…
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
REPORT: DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA ARE COMMON KILLERS
By MIKE STOBBE and LINDSEY TANNER In this undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one form of CRE bacteria, sometimes called “nightmare bacteria.” CRE…
TEXAS MEGACHURCH LINKED TO 21 MEASLES CASES
By JAMIE STENGLE This Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo shows the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas. The megachurch, linked to at least 21 measles cases, has been trying…