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• E Coli Contamination In Ground Beef
  ...First it was E coli in raw spinach, then botulism in carrot juice, now 2,360 kilograms of ground beef products are being recalled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it could be tainted with E. coli.The suspect ground beef patties were produced by Jim's Market and Locker Inc. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• E coli resistant to antibiotics spreading in England: report
  ...E coli strains resistant to antibiotics are showing greater occurrence in England and Northern Ireland, said a report by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the country''s federal health body. The report was presented at a health conference in Warwick in central England....
  The Earth Times - Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:06 EST
  
• E-Commerce Report: This Site Knows a Cold Isn''t a Rock Band
  ...Hypochondriacs of the world, rejoice: a new Web site, Healthline.com, could make it easier to identify whatever doesn''t ail you....
  New York Times - Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:00 EST
  
• E-mail Dr. Tim: What's Your Health Story?
  ...Send Your Patient Stories and Health Questions for Dr. Tim...
  ABC News - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:36 EST
  
• E-nose to ''sniff out'' superbugs
  ...Scientists have made an electronic nose device to help spot the MRSA superbug in hospitals....
  BBC - Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:35 EST
  
• E-prescribing reduces errors, cost for large group practice
  ...A test of Henry Ford Health Clinic''s system showed that it increased generic prescribing and alerted physicians to a substantial number of potential drug reactions....
  American Medical News - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:00 EST
  
• E-prescribing urged as one strategy to prevent medication errors
  ...A panel's report calls on all physicians to prescribe electronically by 2010, but experts say that's a reach....
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• e-Science methods reveal new insights into antibiotic resistance
  ...Large-scale computer simulations have pinpointed a tiny change in molecular structure that could account for drug resistance in Streptomices pneumoniae, the organism that causes childhood pneumonia and claims 3... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00 EST
  
• E-Tags Could Prevent Surgical Errors
  ...Title: E-Tags Could Prevent Surgical ErrorsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/18/2006 1:57:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/18/2006 1:57:00 AM...
  MedicineNet - Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
  
• E. Coli Bacteria Migrating Between Humans, Chimps In Ugandan Park
  ...Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria -- specifically Escherichia coli -- with local chimpanzee populations. And some of the E. coli strains migrating to chimps are resistant to antibiotics used by humans in Uganda....
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• E. Coli Bacteria Migrating Between Humans, Chimps In Ugandan Park
  ...Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria - specifically Escherichia coli - with local chimpanzee populations. And some of the E. coli strains migrating to chimps are resistant to antibiotics used by humans in Uganda. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• E. coli cases tied to Taco Bell; new outbreak appears
  ...There are now 61 confirmed cases of E. coli related to the outbreak that hit Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast in the past two weeks, including the first confirmed case in New York City, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New York state health officials....
  CNN - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:50 EST
  
• E. Coli Concern Over Lettuce From Salinas Valley, California
  ...The Salinas Valley, California, is now the focus of possible fresh lettuce E. coli contamination. So far, authorities say they have received no reports of people getting ill. A few weeks ago raw spinach, tainted with E. coli, from the same valley, caused the deaths of three people in the USA and made almost 200 people ill. Nunes Co. Inc. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:00 EST
  
• E. Coli Fears Inspire a Call for Oversight
  ...Three major produce industry groups have called for government regulation....
  New York Times - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:25 EST
  
• E. coli Fears Prompt Lettuce Recall
  ...A California produce company has voluntarily recalled thousands of cartons of green leaf lettuce after discovering E. coli bacteria in irrigation water....
  WebMD - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:40 EST
  
• E. coli found in cattle feces in spinach probe
  ...SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said on Tuesday....
  Reuters - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:48 EST
  
• E. coli found in cattle feces in spinach probe
  ...SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said on Tuesday....
  Reuters - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:48 EST
  
• E. coli found in cattle feces near spinach
  ...California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said Tuesday....
  MSNBC - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:35 EST
  
• E. coli found in spinach package
  ...The E. coli outbreak spread to two more states Wednesday, and investigators reported finding contaminated spinach in the refrigerator of one victim....
  MSNBC - Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:51 EST
  
• E. Coli Found in Water Tests on Fire Island
  ...Residents and merchants on Fire Island were busy Saturday trying to avoid having their weekend spoiled by the threat of E. coli bacteria....
  New York Times - Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
  
• E. Coli In Green Onions - Fruit And Veg Under The Microscope
  ...Taco Bell has withdrawn green onions from its 5,800 outlets throughout the US after preliminary tests revealed some samples to be infected with a strong strain of E. Coli. The fast food chain, a subsidiary of Yum Brands Inc, took the measure as a precaution, pending further tests on raw fruit and vegetables that will not be concluded until early next week. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
  
• E. coli in raw milk blamed for ill kids
  ...Four children in three California counties got sick after drinking raw milk, prompting a state quarantine and recall against raw milk products from Fresno-based Organic Pastures Dairy....
  MSNBC - Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:30 EST
  
• E. coli in spinach traced to cow manure
  ...WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cow manure from a ranch in California's Salinas Valley carries E. coli bacteria that match the strain that sickened 200 Americans and killed three, U.S. health officials said on Thursday....
  Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:38 EST
  
• E. Coli Investigation Focusses On Three California Counties
  ...After more than a week of searching, FDA investigators are focussing on three California counties - Monterey, Santa Clara and San Benito. David Acheson, CMO, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, said the aim of the investigators is to narrow it down to a single field, and then if possible, to a single spinach leaf. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
  
• E. coli investigators looking at cases in two more states
  ...Read full story for latest details....
  CNN - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:22 EST
  
• E. coli link promising find but source uncertain
  ...SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Their manure may be contaminated with toxic E. coli bacteria, but cattle kept close to spinach fields suspected as the source of a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning may not be the culprits, a California state health official said on Friday....
  Reuters - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:24 EST
  
• E. Coli May Be Linked to Fla. Petting Zoos
  ...E. Coli Outbreak That Sickened at Least 22 in Florida Brings Scrutiny to Petting Zoos...
  ABC News - Mon, 04 Apr 2005 01:19 EST
  
• E. coli migrating between chips and humans
  ...U.S. scientists say people working in chimpanzee research and tourism in a Uganda park are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria with the animals....
  The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:03 EST
  
• E. coli mystery: Tracking bacteria to the source
  ...On its way to supermarket shelves, bagged spinach passes from field to packing plant to store, with several opportunities along the journey for it to become contaminated with deadly E. coli bacteria....
  MSNBC - Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:05 EST
  
• E. coli Outbreak -- Spinach off Table
  ...The FDA is advising consumers not to eat any fresh spinach or products containing fresh spinach until further notice, due to a multistate E. coli outbreak tied to at least one death and more than 100 cases of illness....
  WebMD - Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:30 EST