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Chris Sommer
February 17, 2019 - 10:32 am

Flu-Related Death Toll Rises In Dallas County

DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - The flu-related death toll rises again in Dallas County. Local health officials reported two more flu fatalities on Friday. Both were elderly Dallas residents. One 78-years-old, the other 88-years-old. In all, Dallas County has had ten flu-related deaths this year. Last year,...
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FILE - This undated photo shows romaine lettuce in Houston. On Friday, June 1, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it wasn’t able to identify a contamination source for an E. coli outbreak that prompted it to warn people to avoid romaine lettuce in the fall of 2018. (Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle via AP)
February 13, 2019 - 5:19 pm

Source Of Fall Romaine Outbreak A Mystery, US Regulators Say

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. food regulators say they weren't able to identify a contamination source for a food poisoning outbreak that prompted them to warn people to avoid romaine lettuce this fall . The Food and Drug Administration says it wasn't able to determine how a water reservoir on a Santa...
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FILE - This Jan. 25, 2019, file photo shows the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix. The long-term care facility in Arizona is shutting down a unit where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth, officials with Hacienda HealthCare announced Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Hacienda officials say they're working with state agencies to develop a plan to move the remaining 37 patients to other facilities. (AP Photo/Matt York, file)
February 08, 2019 - 7:26 pm

Arizona Wants Care Unit Where Patient Was Raped To Stay Open

PHOENIX (AP) — The embattled operators of an Arizona long-term care facility agreed Friday to be regulated by the state, effectively nixing a plan to close down the unit where an incapacitated woman gave birth after being raped. The state received written confirmation that Hacienda HealthCare would...
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February 08, 2019 - 12:30 pm

FDA Wants Meetings With Juul, Altria On Teen Vaping

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration is questioning whether electronic cigarette maker Juul and its new partner Altria are following through on pledges to help stop underage vaping. FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday posted letters he sent to Juul and Altria, the...
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February 07, 2019 - 11:34 am

FDA Alerts More Doctors Of Rare Cancer With Breast Implants

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials say doctors should be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after receiving more reports of the disease. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter late Wednesday to family doctors, nurses and other health professionals warning about...
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