Enlarge / A child gets a measles vaccine. (credit: Getty | BSIP) A 2013 measles outbreak rooted in a vaccine-refusing community in Brooklyn, New York cost the city’s health department an estimated $ 394,448, requiring 87 employees to collectively spend more than 10,000 hours on outbreak response and control, according to an analysis published Monday […]
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Federal judge rejects lawsuit of sailor sickened by warship mould
A Federal Court judge has rejected a lawsuit against the federal government by a former sailor who claims his debilitating lung condition was the result of mould exposure aboard two Canadian warships.
5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in U.S. romaine lettuce outbreak
Four more deaths in the U.S. have been linked to a food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five.
6 Canadians sickened by E. coli linked to romaine lettuce
Six Canadians have been stricken by a strain of E. coli that has a similar genetic fingerprint to romaine lettuce from the U.S. southwest that has already sickened 149 people, federal health officials say.
Thousands of DIY foodies sickened in outbreak from poor agricultural practices
(credit: PROUnknownNet Photography) As the trend of backyard flock tending skyrocketed in recent years, so has deadly infections, the Associated Press reports. Since 2015, the number of Salmonella infections from contact with backyard poultry has quadrupled across the nation. This year, nearly every state has been pecked by outbreak strains; only Alaska and Delaware can crow […]
Poldark season 3: Fans SICKENED by kinky fetish scene
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from the sixth episode of season three of Poldark. In perhaps one of the most bizarre scenes ever in the period drama, reprehensible vicar Reverend Whitworth (played by Christian Brassington) was seen suckling on the toes of a prostitute during a visit to a brothel. It appeared that he had […]
Newborns sickened with Legionnaire’s disease in home water births
Two infants born in birthing tubs last year in the U.S. were infected with Legionnaire’s disease, say health officials warning people of the risk. CBC | Health News
Save Money Good Food: Susanna Reid sickened when she finds THESE in a family’s bin
This week Susannah joined the Wilksonsons from North London, made of up a whopping 15 family members. Mum Tanya and dad Mark spend hours feeding their children, which they are forced to do in shifts. They cook in three shifts a night, by age – with youngest first – and after this they order their own takeaway because they […]
Susanna Reid sickened when she finds this REVOLTING object in a family’s bin
Susanna Reid, 46, went through the food waste and was shocked to find peppers in the family bin on tonight’s show on ITV. The programme aims to show families how to save money by shopping in a smarter way and throwing less way. Tonight the show visited the Harvey family from Nottingham, comprised of Irene […]
Little Boy Blue viewers sickened as parents of killer Sean Mercer's gang cover for them
In the second episode of the ITV drama telling the story of 11-year-old Jones’ murder, killer Sean Mercer (played by Paddy Rowan) and his gang members attempted to cover their tracks. They visited potential witnesses in order to intimidate them into lying to the police. However, Mercer and fellow gang member James Yates (James Nelson-Joyce), […]