Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Health Highlights: May 2, 2012

<p>Here are some of a latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by a editors of HealthDay:
258 Now Sickened in Tuna-Linked Salmonella
Outbreak
A salmonella outbreak related to a solidified yellowfin tuna product has now
sickened 258 people in 24 states and a District of Columbia, a U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pronounced late Wednesday.
In a statement, a organisation pronounced 32 people have been hospitalized but
there have been no deaths reported.
The CDC says it is now including dual forms of salmonella in the
outbreak strains Salmonella Bareilly (247 cases) and Salmonella
Nchanga (11 cases).
On Apr 16, scarcely 59,000 pounds of tuna product related to the
outbreak labeled Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA were removed by Moon
Marine USA Corp. of Cupertino, Calif. The product, that is scraped off
fish bones, was sole to grocery stores and restaurants to make dishes such
as sushi, sashimi and ceviche.
As reported early in a conflict by a Associated P...

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