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Utah Issues Emergency Rule Amid Vaping-Related Illnesses

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials enacted an emergency rule Wednesday restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and requiring warnings about unregulated THC products amid an outbreak of lung illness related to vaping. All tobacco sellers will be required …

Utah Couple Sues Over Beetle-tainted Baby Formula

A Utah couple has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Similac, claiming their child was sickened by drinking the baby formula because it was tainted with beetles and beetle larvae. Attorneys for Adam and Amanda Oettli, of …

Bus Fuel Spill Sickens Northern Calif. Students

Authorities say a fuel leak on a bus carrying dozens of Northern California high school students sickened or injured at least 11 youths who were taken to hospitals complaining of skin irritation and difficulty breathing. California Highway Patrol Officer Alex …

35 People Sickened After Buffet at UW-Madison

Thirty-five people reported symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea after sharing a buffet line at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A spokeswoman for UW Extension, which runs the conference center, told the Wisconsin State Journal they …

Missouri Utility Fire Releases Carbon Monoxide

Three employees of a Springfield power plant have been released from the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a fire at the plant. Fire officials say the blaze in coal bunkers at the John Twitty Energy Center on Monday …

Major Carbon Monoxide Leak Found in Wis. Apartment BUilding

Authorities say nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was found in an apartment building in New London, Wis. The New London Fire Department says firefighters were called to the scene about 6 …

Pennsylvania Reports First Listeria Illness Linked to Cantaloupe

Health officials in Pennsylvania say a suburban Philadelphia woman is the state’s first reported case of someone becoming ill after eating a cantaloupe tainted with listeria. The Pennsylvania Health Department said Tuesday the elderly woman from Montgomery County was hospitalized …

Listeria Outbreaks in Produce are Rare, Deadly

An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that has killed as many as four people is a mystery to disease specialists who are used to seeing the pathogen in deli meats and soft cheeses. About 800 cases of listeria are found …

Sixth Lawsuit Filed Against Wisconsin Alcohol Wipes Company

A Wisconsin medical products manufacturer faces a sixth lawsuit over its contaminated alcohol wipes. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee contends the Triad Group and its sister company, H&P Industries, knowingly distributed the contaminated wipes. The U.S. Food …

Germany: E.coli Outbreak is Over

Germany’s national disease control center says it is declaring the country’s deadly E. coli outbreak over. The Robert Koch Institute said Tuesday no one has fallen ill for three weeks – a period that covers the disease’s incubation time. There …