Recall Information updated September 7, 8:50 a.m. ET NOTE: Dates and codes can be found stamped on the end of the egg carton or printed on the case label. However, not all affected brands will be printed in the same order ... Read More

Nobody should ever die of heat stroke, a sudden uncontrolled rise in body temperature that causes you to pass out, because your body sends you warning signals as your temperature rises.

Heed the the warning signs a ... Read More

Tips from the Center for Disease Control to help you monitor your child's early developmental years:

Interactive Tools to Track Child Development
Watch for and record your child's developmental milestones.< ... Read More

Four studies in the British medical journals, Lancet and Lancet Neurology (March 10, 2010), show that people whose blood pressures go up and down are up to six times more likely to suffer strokes than those who have more s ... Read More

Cords From Roman-Style Shades and Roll-Up Blinds Could Be Risky for Children

The risk of strangulation in children has prompted the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council ... Read More

High on the list of fall season illnesses has got to be influenza. The H1N1 strain of influenza (formerly called the swine flu) still has health officials worried. Now that H1N1 has been officially declared a worldwide pandem ... Read More

(From HealthDay News) -- Drinking too much cola can increase the risk of a muscle problem called hypokalemia, experts warn.

In people with hypokalemia, a drop in blood potassium levels results in problems with vit ... Read More

The ongoing outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1) continues to expand in the United States. CDC expects that more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths from this outbreak will occur over the coming days and weeks.
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In response to an intensifying outbreak in the United States and internationally caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 5External Web ... Read More

The U.S. government has declared the swine flu outbreak a public health emergency. Swine flu has sickened at least 20 people in the U.S., by the CDC's latest count.

"We are declaring a public health emergency," S ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted consumers not to buy or use more than 25 different weight-loss pill products because the products may be harmful to their health. FDA has recently expanded this alert.

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Six Major Makers of Baby Bottles Say They'll Stop Using Bisphenol A in Plastic Baby Bottles WebMD Health News March 6, 2009 -- The top six makers of baby bottles in the U.S. have agreed to stop using the polycarbonate ... Read More

Updated: January 29, 2009
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is voluntarily recalling all peanuts and peanut products processed in its Blakely, Georgia facility. In a January 23rd update, the FDA determined “that PCA d ... Read More

Heart Alert

The number one reason a healthy child develops heart disease is a condition called Kawasaki disease. While Kawasaki disease is not common in children, it’s becoming more common all the time. A study pu ... Read More

FDA: 2 Bayer Aspirin Products 'Unlawful'

FDA Calls the Drugs 'Misbranded', Warns of Legal Action Against Bayer if Violations Are Not Promptly Corrected

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From www.fda.gov:

Laboratory testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that both a sample of serrano pepper and a sample of irrigation water collected by a ... Read More

From FDA.gov: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that one jalapeno pepper sample is a positive genetic match with the Salmonella Saintpaul strain causing the current Salmonella outbreak.

The pos ... Read More

Got any "Lean Pockets" in your freezer? If so, you may have some which have been recalled because the filling may contain pieces of plastic.

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says Lean Pockets manufacturer, N ... Read More

(AP) More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the go ... Read More

From the FDA's website:

This announces a product recall for the one-gallon Nestlé Pure Life Purified Drinking Water sold ONLY in Shop-Rite stores in the five Northeast states of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, ... Read More

(CBS/AP) Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew. ... Read More

From the Associated Press:

Orval Kent Foods has announced a voluntary recall of 23,000 pounds of Amish macaroni salad after the Ohio Department of Agriculture found E. coli in a sample package.

The Wheeling, Illino ... Read More

Governor Ruth Ann Minner and Lt. Governor John Carney have proclaimed Thursday May 22, 2008 as "Be Healthy Delaware Day." The Delaware Center for Health Promotion (DCHP), a joint initiative of the University of Delaware and ... Read More