8:00 a.m. - Jesse Jackson Illness Is Food Poisoning (KARK Little Rock)

The Reverend Jesse Jackson remains at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after being stricken with food poisoning while conducting voter registration activities in Ohio and Georgia this week.

Canadian PM vows probe of food poisoning outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The Canadian government will launch an independent probe into the outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning linked to tainted meat, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.

Canada to probe food poisoning outbreak (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters (Updates, adds Dion comment) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Canadian government will launch an independent probe into the outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning linked to ...

Md. Mother Sues Company After Son Tests Positive for E. Coli (Washington Post)

A Maryland mother whose 11-year-old son became sick after attending a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., has sued a California food company that manufactured ground beef linked to an E. coli outbreak at the camp, according to court documents.

Health Highlights: Sept. 6, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Canada's Liberals call for farm minister to resign (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Canada's opposition Liberal Party called on Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to resign on Thursday over comments he made about meat inspection in the wake of a food-poisoning outbreak linked to 19 deaths.

Second Mt Isa lead poisoning legal case launched (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Another family in Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, has launched legal action over the alleged lead poisoning of their child.

Macau hotels under health check (Calcutta News)

Top hotels in the casino resort of Macau have been inadvertently serving their customers tainted oysters.

Immune System Cell Signaling Detected By New Nano Device (Medical News Today)

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.

Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- While lead has been phased out of U.S. gasoline, paint and other products, lead levels in dirt -- maybe even the soil in your yard or the local playground -- are still a public health hazard, warns an Indianapolis researcher.

These greens will sap your health

Humans and animals in Bangalore are unknowingly consuming heavy amount of poisonous lead every day! Results of a study have revealed that coriander leaves available in the City and hyacinth proliferating in ...

Awareness is key to preventing injuries

According to the Virginia Department of Health , injuries are defined as unintentional or intentional.

Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil

While lead has been phased out of U.S. gasoline, paint and other products, lead levels in dirt -- maybe even the soil in your yard or the local playground -- are still a public health hazard, warns an ...

City Briefs

Library resumes Saturday hours The West Haven Public Library will resume Saturday hours, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Sept.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: What you need to know

Friday, September 05, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. Tropical storm Hanna could cause power outages.

Pets / By Steve Dale

Q: My dog pulls me down the street during every walk until we get to the one place where she likes to do her business.

Nicholas Evans In Hospital Because of Mushroom Poisoning

The 58-year-old Evans, his wife, her sister and the sister's husband became sick after cooking and eating the mushrooms - which included the highly toxic variety Cortinarius speciosissimus - which they had ...

13 People Contract Salmonella Poisoning in WA and OR

A Washington company is recalling it's alfalfa sprouts after 13 people are sick from salmonella poisoning.

Food Poisoning Hospitalizes Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson says he feels better Thursday after going into the hospital with severe stomach pains the day before.

Tourists Claiming Compensation for Sickness at Holiday Village Sarigerme Turkey

Travel law solicitors at Manchester law firm Pannone LLP are handling compensation claims for British tourists who became ill while staying at a popular holiday village in Turkey, where huge sickness problems ...