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Study Reveals Fast Dining Diets

posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:08 PM

Study Reveals Fast Dining Diets
A new government study says on an average day, U.S. adults get roughly 11 percent of their calories from fast food. That's down two percent percentage points from the last time the Centers for Disease Control measured America’s caloric intake. Full Story

CDC reports incidents of tainted ricotta cheese

posted on September 14, 2012 at 3:47 PM

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ricotta cheese tainted with listeria bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses and at least one death. Full Story

CDC: 158 Cases of New Swine Flu Strain From Pigs

posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM

 ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials Thursday reported a five-fold increase of cases of a new strain of swine flu that spreads from pigs to people. The cumulative case count jumped from 29 a week ago to 158 this week, thanks to a wave of... Full Story

Ohio Officials Probe Possible Swine Flu Cases

posted on August 3, 2012 at 2:39 PM

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio health and agriculture officials said Wednesday they are investigating the cases of 10 sick people whose illnesses have similarities to a swine flu virus. All had attended the same county fair, and officials at the... Full Story

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