A new and more virulent strain of the E coli bacterium caused the outbreak that has killed 17 people and left more than 1,500 ill across Europe, the World Health Organisation has announced. Hilde Kruse, a food safety expert at the WHO, told the Associated Press it was “a unique strain that has never been [...]
Posted by uspostHealthWednesday, November 24th, 2010
With this coming Wednesday the busiest travel day of the year, many Americans will soon be subjected to radiation-emitting body scanners at the nation’s airports. Despite a rising tide of concerns and complaints in recent weeks over body scanners, most experts say the radiation exposure from these machines is too low to pose any serious [...]
One of the first big pieces of the federal health-care overhaul to take effect is the creation by late June of temporary high-risk insurance pools for people who can’t get affordable coverage because of a pre-existing condition. On Friday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent letters to governors and state [...]