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Tea Was a Real Life Saver in 18th Century England
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 – Sipped from porcelain cups amid the music of Mozart and periwigs of the 1700s, tea was introduced to England and began its quiet work saving thousands of lives, new research...
E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Raw Milk Cheese
MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 – Raw milk cheese tainted with E. coli bacteria has sickened 10 people in four states, hospitalizing four, federal regulators warn. The cases have been tied to Raw Farm brand...
CDC Investigating Illness Outbreak on Luxury Cruise Ship
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 – The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on...
Climate Change Could Make Diarrheal Illness More Common
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 – People are more prone to coming down with a common gastrointestinal infection on hot, humid days, new research shows. The British study suggests that climate change and...
What's in the Water? Maybe Germs That Could Harm You
TUESDAY, July 4, 2023 – Under the surface of your favorite swimming pool, beach and lakes, hazards too small to be seen by the naked eye may await. And these bacteria, viruses and parasites can turn...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Drug Safety Communication: Imodium (loperamide) for Over-the-Counter Use - FDA Limits Packaging To Encourage Safe Use
ISSUE: To foster safe use of the over-the counter (OTC) anti-diarrhea drug loperamide, FDA is working with manufacturers to use blister packs or other single dose packaging and to limit the number of...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride and Atropine Sulfate Tablets by Greenstone: Recall - Possible Sub Potent and Super Potent Tablets
ISSUE: Greenstone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate tablets, USP to the consumer level. Greenstone...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Loperamide (Imodium): Drug Safety Communication - Serious Heart Problems With High Doses From Abuse and Misuse
ISSUE: FDA is warning that taking higher than recommended doses of the common over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription diarrhea medicine loperamide (Imodium), including through abuse or misuse of the...
FDA Approves Fulyzaq - First Anti-Diarrheal Drug for HIV/AIDS Patients
December 31, 2012 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) to relieve symptoms of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral therapy, a combination of...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Intestinomicina (contains chloramphenicol) by Laboratorios Lopez: Safety Alert - Contains Drug Ingredient Withdrawn from US
ISSUE: FDA is warning consumers not to use Intestinomicina, a drug product manufactured in El Salvador and marketed as a treatment for infectious diarrhea and acute gastrointestinal infections....
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