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FDA considers approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption - Washington Post

Sep 6, 2010 — With concern over seafood quality growing as a result of gulf contamination, fish buyers must carefully choose their stock and consider foreign options while trying to work with domestic fishermen. By Lyndsey Layton The Food and Drug Administration is

Non-stick cookware may boost cholesterol: study - AFP

Sep 6, 2010 — WASHINGTON — Exposure to chemicals used to make non-stick cookware and which are found in microwave popcorn may raise blood cholesterol levels in children, a study says. Researchers led by Stephanie Frisbee of West Virginia University School of

US salmonella scare: farm inspections reveal manure, mice and maggots

Aug 31, 2010 — US politicians are coming under pressure to increase regulation of the country's largest egg producers after a federal inspection of two companies at the centre of a salmonella scare revealed breaches of basic hygiene.

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Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year

Aug 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON - It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated.

 

 

Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets

Aug 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness.

 

 

Inspectors: Egg farms in recall unsanitary

Aug 30, 2010 — Federal investigators found piles of manure up to eight feet tall, live mice, pigeons and other birds inside the hen houses at two egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness, officials said Monday.

 

 

USDA announces recall of ground beef suspect of E. coli contamination

Aug 29, 2010 — Barry Jones sells eggs from his 700 free-range hens at Milwaukee area farmers markets. Ever since the massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs, customers have been bombarding him with questions about how he raises his chickens.

 

 

Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low

Aug 27, 2010 — The US birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children.

 

 

ImmunoGen Cancer-Drug Setback May Signal Delays for Onyx, Seattle Genetics

Aug 27, 2010 — ImmunoGen Inc.'s failure to win an accelerated US review for its cancer drug sent shares down the most in eight years, and may signal delays for biotechnology companies led by Onyx ...