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Nov 30, 2010

Nov 30, 2010

Senate passes food safety overhaul by wide margin

Robert Roos
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Nov 30, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Ending months of delay, a large bipartisan majority in the US Senate today passed a bill that aims to make the nation's food supply safer by giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more authority over food producers and requiring large producers and processors to develop detailed food safety plans.

Nov 30, 2010

FDA clears Wright County Egg to resume retail sales

Lisa Schnirring
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Nov 30, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today cleared Wright County Egg to resume shipping eggs directly to consumers, now that the company has corrected conditions in two of its egg-laying houses and addressed possible sources of Salmonella contamination.

Nov 30, 2010

Nov 29, 2010

Nov 29, 2010

Election disruptions challenge Haiti's cholera response

Lisa Schnirring
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Nov 29, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Demonstrations and violence surrounding a national election in Haiti have disrupted some parts of the cholera outbreak response, as international aid groups issued pleas for more medical volunteers to staff treatment centers.

Nov 29, 2010

Nov 24, 2010

Nov 24, 2010

Nov 24, 2010

Study supports flu vaccine efficacy in young children

Lisa Schnirring
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Nov 24, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Doubts about flu vaccine effectiveness in children younger than 2 years have kept some countries from recommending immunization for them, but Finnish researchers presented promising data yesterday that they say might prompt some to reconsider.
Nov 24, 2010

Pandemic had significant impact on Canada's hospitals

Robert Roos
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Nov 24, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – More than 15,000 Canadians were hospitalized with pandemic influenza last year, thousands more than in a typical year, which prompted hospitals to cope by employing such steps as reducing the number of planned admissions, according to a report from a government-funded research institute.

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