Canadian health officials have found that infant formulas marketed in that country are safe for consumption, echoing what U.S. food-safety regulators said earlier in the week about U.S. infant formulas.
The results, in a report to be issued as early as Friday, come amid manufacturers’ objections that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration data also generated unnecessary concerns among parents.
Earlier this week, controversy arose in the U.S. when Read the rest of this entry »
Starting with the current state fiscal year, which began July 1, mental health services are being paid based on the amount of services billed. Previously, the state distributed money for mental health services through grants approved at the beginning of the fiscal year.
“They were advanced too much [money] in fiscal year 2008, and they didn’t bill for [services]” after the new payment system began, said
, a spokesman for the Illinois Department Read the rest of this entry »
10:00 PM PST on Saturday, December 20, 2008
More people suffering from flu-like illnesses went to Riverside County emergency departments in October and November than did so during the same period since 2004.
The extra emergency department visits came despite an abundance of flu vaccine available this year and pleas from national and local health officials for almost everyone, especially children, to get a shot. Influenza is a viral disease. Symptoms Read the rest of this entry »
DES MOINES, Iowa -
health officials want to increase
rules and fees for tattoo artists in the state.
The Iowa Department of Public Health wants to more than double
fees, require more education and ban tattooing in private homes and
by minors.
Talissa Miller, a state health department administrative
assistant, says Iowa’s tattoo rules haven’t changed since 1989 and
that officials want to bring them up to higher standards.
Miller says few complaints Read the rest of this entry »
— Cost for a study to look at what is needed to build a swimming and fitness complex for the city, public schools and the
isn’t known, city officials said this week.
said the study may cost more than $45,000, with the city picking up a major portion of the bill.
approved spending up to $15,000 for the study to look into building the complex that is estimated to cost $18 million. Each of the three entities would contribute $6 million Read the rest of this entry »
ANGIER, N.C. â Federal authorities are looking for the alleged mastermind behind the fatal bacteria-tainted syringes that were shipped from a Harnett County plant.
Two men have already pleaded guilty to shipping the syringes from the AM2PAT plant in Angier that killed at least five people and sickened at least 100. The plantâs manager and quality control director were sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, charged with fraud and Read the rest of this entry »
Illegal sales of expensive cancer drugs could multiply in hospitals across the country, putting patients’ lives at risk, according to Health Ministry documents and a report recently filed by the ministry comptroller.
Doctors and patients are already selling surplus drugs to patients who need them, ministry officials said. Some of the drugs, such as those sold by doctors contrary to medical regulations, were intended for patients who died before Read the rest of this entry »
Published February 17, 2009
TEXAS CITY Galveston County health officials are investigating two deaths during the weekend that might be as a result of meningitis.
The first was a 1-year-old boy from Hitchcock who died at a Texas City hospital; the other a Texas City teen who died at a Houston hospital, health officials confirmed.
In the case of the Hitchcock boy, Galveston County medical examiners investigator John Florence said the infant Read the rest of this entry »
and approving for sale unsafe or ineffective medical devices, the scientists have written in a letter to Congress.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce will investigate the accusations, first aired when eight agency scientists wrote a private letter in May to the F.D.A. commissioner, Andrew C. von Eschenbach.
“These allegations are deeply concerning,” said the committee chairman, Representative
, Democrat of Michigan, “and Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, October 02, 2008
KISSIMMEE, Fla. —
Health officials will inspect a central Florida high school after a student died of a bacterial infection that can’t be treated with many common antibiotics.
A letter was sent Wednesday to the parents of students attending Liberty High School in Kissimmee. The letter informed them of the loss of 18-year-old Alonzo Smith and included a fact sheet on methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus Read the rest of this entry »