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Dole Recalls Packaged Salads Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Dole Fresh Vegetables has voluntarily recalled all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, N.C. and Yuma, Ariz. processing facilities due to a possible Listeria contamination. The recall affects dozens of Dole products, including shredded carrots, coleslaw, and various salad kits, sold at Kroger, Lidl, and additional retailers nationwide. This massive recall comes just days after the FDA opened an investigation into packaged salad produced by […]

todayDecember 28, 2021

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To block Omicron, you need a Mask that means Business

NPR reports that with the especially virulent Omicron COVID-19 variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you've heard it all before. But given how contagious omicron is, experts say, it's seriously time to upgrade to an N95 or similar high-filtration respirator when you're in public indoor spaces. "Cloth masks are not going to cut it with omicron," says Linsey Marr, […]

todayDecember 27, 2021

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Pfizer says its new COVID-19 Pill appears effective against Omicron Variant

On Tuesday, Pfizer stated that its new experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears to be effective against the Omicron variant. The company also said full results of its 2,250-person study confirmed the pill's promising early results against the virus: The drug reduced combined hospitalizations and deaths by about 89% among high-risk adults when taken shortly after initial COVID-19 symptoms. Separate laboratory testing shows the drug retains its potency against the […]

todayDecember 16, 2021

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CDC says NO Safety Problems seen after nearly 5 million children getting COVID vaccines

With nearly 5 million children ages 5 to 11 now vaccinated against Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says real-world monitoring finds vaccines are safe for young children. Crucially, the CDC hasn't identified any concerns with the temporary heart inflammation known as myocarditis, a potential side effect of mRNA vaccines seen in rare circumstances in teenagers and young adults. "We haven't seen anything […]

todayDecember 13, 2021

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Are We going to Need COVID-19 Boosters every 6 Months to keep new Variants at bay?

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been advising everyone 18 years and older who have received their COVID-19 vaccination to get a booster. And as of Thursday, anyone over the age of 16 has been cleared to get boosters as well.  So, as the original Covid-19 virus continues to mutate, as viruses do, experts are saying that this additional booster shot may become necessary every year. […]

todayDecember 10, 2021

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If you have felt Pandemic Stress spiking your Blood Pressure, you’re not imagining it… and you’re not alone

Let's face it, 2020 was rough. Americans grappled with a global pandemic, the loss of loved ones, lockdowns that splintered social networks, stress, unemployment and depression. So, it should come as no surprise that the nation’s blood pressure shot up. On Monday The New York Times reported that scientists have found that blood pressure measurements of nearly a half-million adults showed a significant rise last year, compared with the previous […]

todayDecember 7, 2021

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Dole packaged salads have been Recalled in 10 states due to a possible Listeria Risk

Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling bags of garden salad that were sold in 10 states due to a sample that tested positive for listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and possible deadly infections, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The company recalled four different salad varities: the 24-ounce Dole Garden Salad, 24-ounce Marketside Classic Salad, 12-ounce Kroger Brand Garden Salad and the 12-ounce Salad Classics Garden Salad. FDA […]

todayNovember 8, 2021

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Salmonella Outbreak linked to Onions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging consumers to "throw away onions if you don't know where they came from."  This, because the agency has linked fresh whole onions to a growing and mysterious salmonella outbreak. In a food safety alert issued on October 21st, the CDC said 652 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg from 37 states as of October 18. The number […]

todayOctober 25, 2021

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FDA unanimously approves first Moderna and then J&J for Booster Vaccines

AP Newswire reports that the FDA's U.S. health advisers endorsed a booster of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine Friday, citing concern that Americans who got the single-dose shot aren’t as protected as those given two-dose brands. J&J told the Food and Drug Administration that an extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination — but that it might work better if people wait until six […]

todayOctober 18, 2021

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