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The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation's food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves.

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Washington Post

Salmonella Outbreak: Are Peppers the Problem? Special Events - 53 minutes ago After nearly three months and close to 1000 cases of foodborne illness in the US and Canada, US officials are beginning to look at jalapeno peppers as the culprits rather than fresh tomatoes. Video: FDA Looks Beyond Tomatoes for Salmonella Cause AssociatedPress Deconstructing Salsa In Search of Salmonella Washington Post InjuryBoard.com - Newsday - Los Angeles Times - Wall Street Journal all 1,243 news articles

ABC News

Father's Age Is Also a Factor in Fertility New York Times - Jul 8, 2008 When it comes to age and fertility, women fear a biological clock and are urged to have children early. But men are rarely given the same advice and often don't worry about fertility when postponing marriage and children. Fertility Is Affected by Father's Age, Study Says eFluxMedia Father's Age a Factor in Infertility Washington Post ABC News - Reuters - FOXNews - AHN all 232 news articles

Enews 2.0

Gardasil Safety: Questions and Answers WebMD - 16 hours ago By Miranda Hitti July 8, 2008 -- The vaccine Gardasil is making headlines -- but this time, it's about reported side effects and safety concerns. Video: Is HPV Vaccine Safe? CBS More Complaints Against HPV Vaccine Gardasil FOXNews eFluxMedia - Wall Street Journal - CNN - U.S. News & World Report all 61 news articles

Northland's NewsCenter

Heavy rains mean increased mosquito population KC Community News - 37 minutes ago By Ashley Vasquez Heavy rains this spring and summer mean many more mosquitoes than in most years, and area residents are encouraged to take precautions. A New Weapon Against West Nile Virus U.S. News & World Report Mosquitoes collected near Antioch test positive for West Nile San Jose Mercury News North County Times - Herald & Review - WSMV - Pearland Journal all 85 news articles

Tar and nicotine tests up in smoke WFLX Fox 29 - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, DC (WFLX) - The FTC says a 40-year-old test that measures tar and nicotine in cigarettes isn't reliable. The test was used at a time when many believed that reducing the amount of tar in cigarettes would reduce your risk of getting lung ... FTC scuttles test on cigarettes Chicago Tribune FTC Proposes Rescinding on Test Method for Cigarette Tar, Nicotine eMaxHealth.com WLOS - USA Today - The Associated Press - Medical News Today (press release) all 228 news articles

ABC News

Health Highlights: July 9, 2008 U.S. News & World Report - 1 hour ago The director of US National Institute of Mental Health, pressured by the anxious parents of children with autism, is advocating testing chelation therapy as a treatment for the little-understood neurological disorder, the Associated Press reported ... Controversial Autism Treatment Could Get Federal Study Daily Green Fringe autism treatment could get federal study The Associated Press Austin American-Statesman - WAND all 187 news articles

WELT ONLINE

Use of statins in children is debated Los Angeles Times - 10 hours ago A recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics that those as young as 8 be aggressively treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs is creating controversy. US backs statin use for children BBC News Dr. Lisa Hudgins Answers Your Questions About Cholesterol Treatment ABC News The Capital Times - KTKA.com - New York Times - Newsweek all 756 news articles

New York Times

Senate Vote on Doctor Fees Carries Risks for Republican McCain Bloomberg - 6 hours ago By Aliza Marcus July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain will be on the spot, in person or by his absence, when the Senate takes up a measure today to halt a cut in Medicare payments to doctors. Senate Leaders Holding Doctors Hostage Yahoo! News Bush, in Reversal, Won't Seek Cut In Emissions of Carbon Dioxide New York Times Blogs CNNMoney.com - The Washington Independent - National Journal - ChristianityToday.com all 763 news articles

DigitalJournal.com

Up to 17 babies given overdoses of blood thinner CNN - 4 hours ago (CNN) -- A Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital is investigating how up to 17 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit received overdoses of the blood thinner heparin. Autopsy Planned For Newborn Given Heparin CBS News One Baby Dies at Christus Spohn South Neonatal Intensive Care Unit InjuryBoard.com KRIS-TV - Houston Chronicle - FOXNews - KHOU all 149 news articles

Wall Street Journal Blogs

Localized prostate cancer rarely helped by hormone therapy Los Angeles Times - 10 hours ago Medical castration to treat such tumors doesn't extend survival, and its side effects outweigh any potential benefit, a study finds. Drugs Give No Advantage to Older Men With Early Prostate Cancer Wall Street Journal Blogs Prostate Cancer Therapy May Not Help WebMD U.S. News & World Report - Baltimore Sun - USA Today - Bloomberg all 287 news articles

KULR-TV

US Group To Lobby For New Health Care System RedOrbit - 1 hour ago A new group with a common goal of health-care reform has launched a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to keep the issue in the spotlight after the November elections. Coalition plans $40 million drive to reform health care Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette Lobbyists for Health-Care Reform ToTheCenter.com The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Great Falls Tribune - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - ePluribus Media all 315 news articles

Wall Street Journal Blogs

Scams use dead doctors' IDs Minneapolis Star Tribune - 4 hours ago A congressional report says Medicare has been duped out of multiple millions with orders from deceased docs, including some in Minnesota. Billings Used Dead Doctors' Names Washington Post Report Links Dead Doctors to Payments by Medicare New York Times Wall Street Journal - eFluxMedia - Arizona Republic - Wall Street Journal Blogs all 264 news articles

Capital News 9

NY hospitals graded on infection rates Bizjournals.com - 5 hours ago The New York state Department of Health has issued its first annual report on hospital infections, with good news and bad news. The report, which was required under a 2005 law, found that New York hospitals have lower rates of central-line infections ... Mixed infection-rate report about NY hospitals Newsday New York Hospital Infection Rates Rise eMaxHealth.com Albany Times Union - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - New York Sun - WETM-TV all 54 news articles