If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Two Contracts Awarded to Expand Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity The two cost-reimbursable contracts totaling $132.5 million over five years are to retrofit existing domestic vaccine manufacturing facilities on a cost-sharing basis and [...]
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More U.S. Households Adopting Smoke-free Home Rules World No Tobacco Day is May 31 Nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere and any time in the home, according to a study in this week s issue of CDC s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). [...]
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Manufacturer of Heart Defibrillator Signs Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction Device manufacturer Physio-Control, Inc., its parent company Medtronic, Inc., and their two top executives have signed a consent decree of permanent injunction related to Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) manufactured by Physio-Control, Inc. Source: www.fda.gov
FDA Approves Entereg to Help Restore [...]
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CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the “Choking Game” Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys Source: www.cdc.gov
December 13th Press Briefing Related to CDC Testing of Occupied FEMA Trailers in the Gulf Coast Area CDC press conference to announce the start date for testing trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi for formaldehyde levels [...]
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FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises, Inc., because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhea in infants. [...]
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Rodent Study Finds Artificial Butter Chemical Harmful to Lungs A new study shows that exposure to a chemical called diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavoring, can be harmful to the nose and airways of mice. Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, conducted the [...]
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NIH/EPA Leading Scientists to Discuss New Chemical Testing Collaboration On Feb. 14, leading scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will discuss a new research collaboration related to U.S. environmental health protection. The collaboration creates a toxicity testing process using state-of-the-art robotic technologies that rely less on [...]
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CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations WHAT: 55th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference WHO: The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, including these: outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among river rafters in the Grand Canyon,outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational water spray park, Source: www.cdc.gov
Suicide Trends Among [...]
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Public Health investigation seeking people exposed to extensively drug-resistant TB infected person CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY Source: www.cdc.gov
CDC Invests $10 million for Research to Reduce Infections in Healthcare Settings The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced an award of $10 million for new research to five [...]
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New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products That May Contain Pieces of PlasticFairbank Reconstruction Corp., an Ashville, NY, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 22,481 pounds of ground beef products that may contain pieces of plastic. …Source: www.pueblo.gsa.gov
FDA Approves First Generic Ropinirole The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic [...]
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