November 20, 2014 Nearly 7,000 May Have Been Exposed to HIV at Ottawa Medical Facility Nearly 7,000 Canadians will be sent letters informing them they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV when being cared for at an Ottawa medical facility which had lapses in infection control
November 20, 2014 Listeria Toll Rises to 23 With Two Louisiana Deaths Two more people in the United States have died from a listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes linked to a Colorado farm, bringing the death toll to 23 across 12 states
November 20, 2014 CDC: 1 in 100 adults Made Suicide Plans in Past Year One in 100 American adults made plans to commit suicide in the past year. The rate of those plotting to kill themselves varied greatly from state to state, with one in 1,000, or 0.1 percent, in Georgia to nearly three in 100, or 2.8 percent, in Rhode Island
November 20, 2014 Blue Cheese Recalled Due to Listeria Concerns Fair Oaks Dairy Products, LLC issued a voluntary recall of Fair Oaks Royal Blue Cheese purchased on or after September 25 because it may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes
November 20, 2014 Group Questions Drug for Stroke Prevention A U.S. consumer group said use of Xarelto, a drug used to prevent blood clots following orthopedic surgery, should not be expanded to include stroke prevention because its safety and effectiveness are uncertain
November 20, 2014 Groups Press for Quick Review of HIV Prevention Pill A Massachusetts and 12 other groups working to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic are pressing federal officials to quickly review the use of a daily pill to prevent new infections in gay and bisexual men and transgender women.
November 20, 2014 Move to Better Area Tied to Less Diabetes A new study has found that the affluence of your neighborhood is linked to your risk of obesity and diabetes. People living in a high-poverty area were more likely to be obese and more likely to have diabetes than those in a low-poverty census tract
November 20, 2014 Congress to Probe Listeria Outbreak in Cantaloupes Lawmakers in the House of Representatives plan to investigate what caused a deadly food poisoning outbreak in cantaloupes from a Colorado farm
November 20, 2014 HPV Transmission: 20 Percent Chance an Uninfected Partner Will Pick Up Virus If one person in a heterosexual couple has human papillomavirus (HPV), there's a 20 percent chance his or her partner will pick up the virus within six months, a new study concludes
November 20, 2014 BPA Again Tied to Diabetes Risk Adding to the mixed bag of research on bisphenol A and diabetes, a new study suggests that people with higher urinary levels of the controversial chemical do have a higher risk of diabetes
