Scientists at Iowa Research Facility Race to Halt Spread of Bird Flu August 26, 2024 By Mary Conlon and Mike Stobbe AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A...
Recall of Boar’s Head Deli Meats Follows Sample Test for Listeria at Maryland Store July 30, 2024 By Mike Stobbe U.S. health officials last Friday announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and deli meats as they investigate a...
Michigan Dairy Worker Diagnosed With Bird Flu May 28, 2024 By Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in...
Alcohol Death Toll is Growing, U.S. Government Reports Say November 9, 2022 By Mike Stobbe The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first...
New York City Wastewater Testing Indicates Polio Virus Is Spreading August 17, 2022 By Karen Matthews and Mike Stobbe The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which...
CDC Proposes Changes in Guidance to Doctors on Opioid Prescriptions February 16, 2022 By Mike Stobbe The nation’s top public health agency has proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors...
Aromatherapy Spray From India Linked to U.S. Deaths Being Recalled October 26, 2021 By Mike Stobbe U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious...
Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record 93,000 During 2020 Pandemic July 16, 2021 By Mike Stobbe Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported...
Overdose Deaths Again Rise More in Urban Than Rural Communities August 14, 2019 By Mike Stobbe U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are...
Ebola Monitoring in Texas Expires for Some October 21, 2014 By Marilynn Marchione and Mike Stobbe About 120 people are now being monitored for possible infection with Ebola because they may have had contact with one...