(ABC News) — The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is asking health care providers to be on alert for lung diseases related to vaping and e-cigarette use among young adults after a Minnesota hospital reported several “severe” cases. Children’s Minnesota hospital has reported four cases of “severe lung injury” in the Minneapolis area that it says are similar to cases…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The measles outbreak in the United States is showing no signs of letting up. As of Friday, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the number of cases has now reached 1,182. While we had been seeing an increase in cases being reported this year, that latest number is still an increase with an average…
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Brooklyn, NY (WOLO) — The Top Taste Food Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. has recalled an undetermined amount of pork and chicken dumpling products the according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says were made, packaged, and sent out without a USDA inspection and according to officials, used the mark of inspection without authorization. The…
(Image: U.S. Product Safety Commission) COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO) –Eddie Bauer is recalling 24 thousand of their Disney and Eddie Bauer sleepers. The U.S. Product Safety Commission says the popular baby product was recalled after infant deaths were reported during use of similar products. According to (USPSC), Infant fatalities have been reported while using other inclined sleep products, after the infants they…
(Photo: USDA) WASHINGTON, DC (WOLO) — Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass. company says they are recalling around 53,217 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat beef and pork meatball products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says the products contain milk and wheat, known allergens, which are not declared on…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new regulation has been put in place prohibiting the use of natural deer lures and attractants often used by deer hunters in South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) says this new regulation makes the use of any substance or material that contains, or claims to contain any excretion collected from a deer,…
(ABC NEWS) — The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo an international emergency. An emergency committee of experts convened by the WHO, the global health arm of the United Nations, recommended the declaration after meeting in Geneva on Wednesday to reassess whether the current epidemic constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern,” a…
Ada Valley Gourmet Foods, Inc. has recalled nearly 3,500 pounds of frozen raw ground beef that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically broken metal bits.
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