Vietnam’s health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed, officials said Friday.
Russian news agencies reported that food… Continue reading
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Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could fuel support for more… Continue reading
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Beginning next month, consumers will be able to check an online list of stores that sold or stocked recalled meat. U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA secretary Ed Shafer said the move is designed… Continue reading
Duane Kraemer approaches with pride the Angus bull eating hay behind a fence at Texas A&M University. As the veterinary surgeon draws near, the bull snorts and paws the ground.
Healthy as he looks… Continue reading
Sitting in the Forbes Avenue Subway in Oakland, Nathan Pancoast said his club sandwich lacked an essential ingredient.
“It’s so dry without the tomato,”… Continue reading
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that people ages 60 and above should get Merck & Co Inc’s vaccine Zostavax to protect against shingles.
The CDC said the… Continue reading
Students are startled as pigeons flap their wings to fly upward at a park in eastern Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap
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Federal inspectors documented unwanted “fibers” on the stoppers of vaccine vials at Merck & Co. Inc.’s vast vaccine plant in Montgomery County.
They also found instances of contaminated children’s vaccines and complaints that were… Continue reading
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck’s best-selling Singulair and suicide.
FDA said it is reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and… Continue reading
