J&J Recalls Some Baby Powder After FDA Reports Traces of Asbestos October 18, 2019 By Julie Steenhuysen Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after...
Vaping-Related Death Count Rises to 18, Illnesses Surpass 1,000: CDC October 4, 2019 By Julie Steenhuysen and Manas Mishra U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 18 deaths due to a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes and other vaping...
U.S. Study Finds Little Evidence Cellphone Radiation Poses Health Risks February 5, 2018 By Julie Steenhuysen and Bill Berkrot Male rats exposed to very high levels of the kind of radiation emitted by cellphones developed tumors in the tissues...
How Republicans Can Unravel Obamacare Without Repealing It March 27, 2017 By Julie Steenhuysen Republicans may have failed to overthrow Obamacare last week, but there are plenty of ways they can chip away at...
Florida Calls on Feds for Help as Number of Zika Cases Jumps to 14 August 2, 2016 By Julie Steenhuysen The state of Florida has identified 10 more cases of Zika virus caused by local mosquitoes and has asked the...
FDA Told to Speed Up Food Recalls June 10, 2016 By Julie Steenhuysen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is too slow to order companies to recall tainted foods, leaving people at risk...
U.S. Issues Zika Safety Guidelines for Outdoor Workers, Business Travelers April 25, 2016 By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. health and safety officials issued new guidelines on Friday to help protect workers from exposure to Zika, a mosquito-borne...
Officials Expect Zika Virus in U.S. by April; Outdoor Spraying Called Ineffective February 3, 2016 By Julie Steenhuysen Health experts are bracing for Zika virus to spread to the United States by April or May, borne by a...
How Genome Sequencing Is Transforming Food Safety August 28, 2015 By Julie Steenhuysen Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to...
U.S. Hospitals Face Risks in Ebola Virus Waste Disposal September 29, 2014 By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to...