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initial Suspicion Of Virus To Hit The State Confirmed Denver-The first confirmed West Nile Virus cases to hit the state of Colorado have occurred. The first West Nile case comes from Boulder County, while the other confirmed case was reported in Logan County. Overall Culex mosquito population numbers are still fairly low, but they are on the increase. Officials are warning that the number of the Culex mosquito, the Read More

Health Advisory On Monday Followed By Better Air Rest Of Week San Francisco-The fires that have plagued the Bay area are beginning to be controlled, and the threat of dry lightning that started the fires in the first place is also lessening. Temperatures for the Bay area are not expected to rise as high as they were last week, the temperatures through the July 4th weekend are not expected to rise above 95 degrees. Read More

Cure Worked On Mice To Receive Testing On People Winston-Salem NC- Beginning this week at Wake Forest University an exciting potential therapy that has cured cancer in mice will start human testing. In the last 2 years there have been several mice that have been cured, and the testing has received approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration to begin human trials. The Cancer therapy involves transfusion of white blood cells into the body of cancer patients. Read More

Federal Officials Say There May Still Be Bad Tomatoes On Shelves Washington, D.C.-There has not been a single source identified in the nationwide salmonella illness that has struck more than 800 people. The illness, the rare form of salmonella named Saint Paul version, has made over 800 people ill, with at least 200 of these requiring hospitalization. Read More

Hospitals Begin To Report “Adverse Events” Los Angeles-The self disclosure by a number of hospitals in California has begun, and it is not a pretty sight. Over a 10 month period that ended in May 2008, doctors performed the wrong surgery, operated on the wrong part, or on the wrong patient 41 different times. Foreign objects were reported left inside of patients after surgery 145 times. There are 28 different types of dangerous mistakes that under California and Federal law must be reported to state regulators, ... Read More

Record Numbers Are Postponing Their Medical Care For Money Washington, D.C.-More and more of Americans are putting off or delaying their own personal health care according to a new study being published. The Center for Studying Health System Change is publishing a report that details the decision by many people to put off health care, largely because of financial considerations. In 2003 nearly 14 percent of people surveyed said that because of money concerns they had delayed or put off needed medical care. In 2007 ... Read More

Officials Extend Advisory Due To Heavy Smoke San Francisco- After the overall presence of smoke in the Bay area has remained, the officials closely monitoring the overall quality of the Air have chosen to extend the Air quality warnings that were posted on Wednesday and Thursday. Air quality is predicted to remain in the “Unhealthy” range according to Anthony Presto. Mr. Presto is the Spokesman for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Read More

Washington - According to the CDC, the total number of victims of the salmonella tomatoes has now risen to 756. The CDC has added nearly 200 more cases compared to the number released just a week ago. This outbreak has quickly become the largest ever of salmonella from tomatoes in the history of the U.S. Read More

Department Of Health Reports Residents Are Not Taking Precautions New York City- One of the larger causes of a number of disease conditions is present when a group or large population of people does not practice safe sex, or when a large group does not take precautions such as use of a condom. The New York City Department of Health reports that the usage of condoms and safe sex practices among the residents of New York City is declining, and overall the use is ... Read More

Mayo Clinic Replaces Heart For Second Time In 20 Month Old Boy St. Paul, MN- A medical first was performed at the famous Mayo Clinic last week on a 20-month-old infant boy. After the failure of an initial heart transplant that appeared at first to be successful, a second heart was successfully transplanted into the infant boy. Kobe Giesen, of Fargo ND, received a second heart less than a week after getting his first donor heart which failed after being transplanted. Surgeons worked very hard to ... Read More