Health safety in wake of Katrina
WLS Chicago | 8 hours ago
Hurricane Katrina has left behind not only destruction but disease and infection ... People exposed to these waters face an ominous variety of health risks including: E-coli, West Nile Virus, Hepatitis and possibly even Malaria. 2.7
Officials find some toxins in floodwaters
Corpus Christi Caller (Registration Required) | 8 hours ago
AUSTIN - Officials have found toxins and bacteria in the water pumped from New Orleans, but none of the harmful material has shown up along the Texas coast. 2.7
Preventing Food-Borne Illness
National Provisioner | 15 hours ago
All links in the food chain must join forces to ensure the production of safer products ... An estimated 76 million cases of food-borne disease occur every year in the United States, relays the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2.7
Fayetteville Company Nabs Research Grant
Nwaonline.net | 18 hours ago
BioDetection Instruments LLC of Fayetteville received a more than $740,000 grant to help develop an instrument to detect pathogens such as Listeria and E-coli in ready-to-eat foods such as processed meat and ... 2.7
EPA and CDC sample New Orleans floodwaters
Jjkeller.com | 22 hours ago
News - J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. 0 items in cart Total: $0.00 EPA and CDC sample New Orleans floodwaters Floodwaters from multiple locations across the New Orleans area were sampled by EPA and analyzed ... 2.7
Raising The Bar
National Provisioner | 15 hours ago
Packers and processors are advancing in the war against pathogens ... In March 2005, USDA relayed a 43. 2.7
Dogs play role in hurricane rescue missions
KPNX Phoenix (Registration Required) | 22 hours ago
Kim Holcomb 12 News Sept. 12, 2005 08:46 PM Hundreds of Hurricane Katrina's victims are animals, left helpless and stranded in flooded homes. 2.7
Drug-Resistant E. Coli Spreads in England
Yahoo | 23 hours ago
The Health Protection Agency called for more research, saying there is no reliable estimate of the number of cases involved and it is not certain how the bug is transmitted. 2.7
Murky waters hold horrors
Plain Dealer (Registration Required) | Monday
New Orleans- Something beneath the smelly green water jammed the outboard motor of a raft that rescuers were using to maneuver the flooded streets of New Orleans. 2.7
Imported foods could be responsible for superbugs
Guardian Unlimited | Sunday Sep 11
A strain of new superbugs thought to have caused more than 80 deaths may have come into Britain in ... Article continues Today's study comes from the Health Protection Agency (HPA), which has been collecting reports of blood poisoning caused by E coli submitted voluntarily by hospitals since 1994. 2.7
Bell Park safe for swimming
Northern Life - Greater Sudbury | Friday Sep 9
If anyone were so bold as to go swimming in September, the main beach at Bell Park is once again safe for swimming after being closed two weeks ago because of high E. coli levels. 2.7
Animals remain main source of bacteria
Interlake Spectator | Friday Sep 9
An analysis of biochemical markers in bacteria found in beach sand and swimming water at Gimli Beach indicates animals as the primary source of contamination. 2.7
Most Popular Health News
Yahoo | Friday Sep 9
Strains of E. coli bacteria that are resistant to most types of antibiotics and may be spread in food are increasing rapidly in England, the government's health agency said Monday. 2.9
Blue Heron Biotechnology Awarded Grant for Propagating Difficult Genes
Bio.com (Registration Required) | Thursday Sep 8
Blue Heron Biotechnology , Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research grant from the National Institute of General Medical Science and the National Institute of Allergy ... 2.7
Cheney tours hurricane-ravaged area
Sunday Sun | Thursday Sep 8
Armed police trudged from door to door in New Orleans pleading with angry residents to abandon ... Initial testing suggest the putrid waters which still rise several feet deep are awash with E. coli and bacteria up to ten times greater than is safe. 4.2
Officials warn of toxic floodwaters; government readies Katrina aid pa...
KOTV Tulsa | Thursday Sep 8
Soldiers toting M-16s strengthened their grip on this swamped city as fears grew about the risks ... The muck is believed to contain E. coli, certain viruses and a type of cholera-like bacteria. 4.5
Firefighters 'Soaked' in Hazardous Katrina Floodwater
Occupational Hazards | Thursday Sep 8
Meanwhile, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Sept. 7 the preliminary results of floodwater sampling performed across the New Orleans area. 2.7
Officials foresee long, risky job in 'toxic gumbo'
The Courier-Journal | Thursday Sep 8
A California Highway Patrol officer informed Larry Shaoles, left, and Keith Watson that they must leave their homes near the Garden District in New Orleans, part of a mandatory citywide evacuation because of ... 2.7
Sabotage suspected at dairy CAFO
Star-Press | Thursday Sep 8
Police are going door to door in a rural neighborhood surrounding a Dutch dairy CAFO to investigate monitoring-well tampering. 2.7
Shelter Workers Aware of Possible Outbreak
KARK Little Rock | Wednesday Sep 7
At least five people have died due to water-born illnesses after evacuating the flooded city of New Orleans. 2.7
Water district falsified samples
Daily World | Wednesday Sep 7
State health officials have placed Grays Harbor Water District No. 1, which serves the Grayland area, under a restricted operating permit after the district submitted false bacteria test reports to the ... 2.7
EPA Tests Confirm New Orleans Floodwater Dangers
WTVD Durham | Wednesday Sep 7
Tisha Powell, Katina Rankin and Tim Nelson report live from the Gulf Coast -- only on Eyewitness ... But EPA's first tests -- which tracked levels of E. coli and other coliform bacteria that are a marker for sewage contamination -- emphasize a risk from skin contact as well. 2.7
Clean living will keep you healthy
Telegraph.co.uk | Wednesday Sep 7
About a month after Freshers' Week, there comes a defining moment in every student's life ... Serious stomach bugs such as E. Coli can be spread by unwashed hands, so before preparing food make sure your hands are clean. 2.7
New Orleans' mayor: get out of town
CBC News | Wednesday Sep 7
The mayor of New Orleans had a blunt warning Tuesday: Get out now -- or risk being taken out by force. 2.9
The Convention Scramble
Poynter Online | Wednesday Sep 7
You can check with your regional or local chapter of the International Association for Exhibition ... What is the real risk of widespread health problems from Hurricane Katrina's aftermath? 2.7
North Dakotans Lend A Helping Hand
KFYR Bismarck | Wednesday Sep 7
Officials are saying water is needed most right now. Thousands of residents are dehydrated and much of the drinking water is not potable, which is prompting many North Dakotans to offer their help. 2.9
UW-Madison reopens stock pavilion as place to eat
Janesville Gazette | Tuesday Sep 6
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has reopened its stock pavilion as a place where groups can meet and eat, four years after an E. coli outbreak at a pancake breakfast there sickened 35 people. 2.7
State Looking to Improve Lake Bacteria Alerts
WUPW | Tuesday Sep 6
They believe a new system evaluating the water quality based on the previous day's sample will ... The health department's advisories are based on E. coli bacteria levels. 2.7
Abstract
Biochemistry | Tuesday Sep 6
Initial RNA transcription produces several tRNAs that contain an adenosine at the wobble position ... In this study, recombinant tadA proteins from Escherichia coli, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and Aquifex aeolicus, as well as the ADAT2-ADAT3 proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, were overexpressed in E.
New water quality tests planned for Lake Erie beaches
Martinsburg Journal | Tuesday Sep 6
State health officials believe a new system evaluating the water quality at Lake Erie beaches based on the previous day's sample will give people a better idea whether it's safe to swim. 3.3
Enjoy at your own risk
The Sun | Monday Sep 5
At Lake Mascuppic in Dracut and Tyngsboro, exotic weeds were the culprits when the beach was closed once this summer. 2.7
Abstract
Biochemistry | Tuesday Sep 6
Two residues that are conserved in type-I methionyl aminopeptidases but are absent in all type-II MetAPs are the cysteine residues that reside at the back of the substrate recognition pocket.
New Orleans's Critical Condition
MSNBC | Sunday Sep 4
It's the people Gary Peters couldn't save who haunt him. An emergency medical technician from ... New Orleans is now a cesspool that poses numerous hazards, including outbreaks of hepatitis A and E. coli. 2.9
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