Topic: California Department Of Public Health

No Whooping Cough Deaths In California In 2011

Editor's Choice There were no reported cases of whooping cough deaths in the State of California in 2011, says the California Department of Public...
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Probe implicates CA hospital chain

0 . A California hospital chain under investigation for allegations of overbilling the Medicare system has inaccurately diagnosed patients with a...
CSO - Are regulatory and security breach fines protecting the consumer, or beginning to unduly drive security policy? As penalties begin to be ...

Japan quake: Tiny levels of radiation in Bay Area

0 . Nuclear engineers at UC Berkeley reported Wednesday they are detecting "extremely small" levels of radiation from the stricken Fukushima power...

Legionella bacteria found at Playboy Mansion after illnesses

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Health officials investigating a respiratory illness that infected some 200 people after a party at the Playboy Mansion said on Tuesday they had found the bacteria that causes Legionnaires disease in a water source there.But the Los Angeles ...

Babies are harmed by choosing to deliver too early

0 . In California, 1 out of every 9 babies is born too soon and many newborns suffer serious health problems, and even die, because of their early ...
As of 8/17/2010 the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported 8 Infant Deaths from the 3,076 confirmed, probable and suspect cases of " Parents believe that the pertussis vaccine, which also protects infants against diphtheria and tetanus, may cause ...
An ethical storm hit the University of California, Berkeley, earlier this year after it invited more than 5,000 incoming students to receive a personal genetic analysis of three genes associated with how they metabolize lactose, alcohol and folic acid. That effort ...
California company announces recall of Chinese ginger candy due to elevated levels of leadA Los Angeles company says it is voluntarily recalling ginger candy it imported from China because of an elevated level of lead.Anhing Corp. announced Wednesday it is recalling ...