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Tests show many supplements have quality problems
Lead in ginkgo pills. Arsenic in herbals. Bugs in a baby's colic and teething syrup. Toxic metals and parasites are part of nature, and all of these have been found in "natural" products and dietary supplements in recent years.
Nations:India U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-06-09
Mexico City locks itself in amid swine flu fears
MEXICO CITY - The cardinal said Mass in a shuttered cathedral. Soccer teams played to empty stadiums. A televised variety show filled its seats with cardboard cutouts. Mexico's overcrowded capital locked itself indoors Sunday, terrified by a new strain of swine flu that was spreading around the world.
Nations:Mexico Israel New Zealand Canada Source:(AP)
2009-04-27
Mexico fights swine flu with 'pandemic potential'
MEXICO CITY - As Mexico struggled against the odds Saturday to contain a strange new flu that has killed as many as 68 and perhaps sickened more than 1,000, it was becoming clearer that the government hasn't moved quickly enough to head off what the World Health Organization said has the potential to become a global epidemic.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Canada People:Felipe Calderon Source:(AP)
2009-04-25
Darfur: fears of crisis if aid agencies leave
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Even before Sudan's president expelled aid groups from Darfur following an international warrant seeking his arrest, diarrhea was spreading among newcomers at one of its largest refugee camps and people waited hours in line for water.
Nations:Kenya People:Ban Ki-moon Source:(AP)
2009-03-05
Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year
ATLANTA - Next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are better than 1 in 3 that it was food poisoning. As many as a quarter of Americans suffer a foodborne illness each year -- though only a fraction of those cases get linked to high-profile outbreaks like the recent salmonella-peanut scare, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(AP)
2009-02-21
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