Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,265 cases of various bagged salad blends, some sold here in North Carolina, because of a potential salmonella contamination.
The Food and Drug Administration says the deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe was probably caused by pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean packing equipment at a Colorado farm.
An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is now linked to 25 deaths in the U.S., making it the deadliest known outbreak of food-borne illness in more than 25 years.
Sarah Baker drives 130 miles round-trip every weekday from her home in Bismarck, N.D., to her job as the sole provider of primary health care in McClusky, N.D. -- population 500.
A Cedar Point resident says a fox climbed over a chain link fence and attacked his two dogs. The man was bitten on the leg after trying to subdue the animal. Earlier a woman says a fox bit her in her yard.
More than 40 million children will go trick-or-treating this year, and experts say children are four times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween night.
First, too much texting caused some people to come down with painful Blackberry Thumb. Now today’s technology is being blamed for another malady: text neck.
Mental health specialists across the country will be offering free anonymous screenings on October 6 for National Depression Screening Day, including two in Greenville.
Outbreaks of listeria and other serious illnesses linked to tainted food are becoming more common, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork.
A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months blamed on shortages of life-saving medications.
