New Hampshire E. Coli Outbreak Sickens 12, Linked To Ground Beef and other top stories.

• New Hampshire E. Coli Outbreak Sickens 12, Linked To Ground Beef

  

  Twelve residents in New Hampshire have been sickened with E. coli, which has been linked to ground beef. The state's health officials are currently conducting an investigation to find the source of the E. coli outbreak. According to a statement issued Friday, people have been infected with the same E. coli strain since June, after consuming ground beef. The people who reported becoming ill ate ground beef from several locations. "The Division of Public Health Services is working with our federa..

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• Last dance: Huge outpouring for dying teen

  

  Jen Bolen talks and dances with her daughter Jerika at her prom Friday at the Grand Meridian in Appleton, Wis. (Photo: Danny Damiani/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) APPLETON - They came from California, Florida, Indiana and points in-between. A YouTube star made a surprise appearance, members of a favorite boy band poured their hearts out in a video message and flowers arrived from around the world.All for a 14-year-old girl from Appleton, Wis., they had never met.Jerika Bolen h..

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• Johnson & Johnson subsidiary pays $18 million to U.S. in settlement

  

  WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Acclarent, paid $18 million to resolve allegations the company marketed a medical device without FDA approval, which led health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and other federal healthcare programs. According to a statement from the Justice Department, Melayna Lokosky, a saleswoman for Acclarent, filed a whistleblower suit against the company and two if its senior executives. Advertisement Court documents show manag..

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• West Nile Virus Detected in Ashford Park

  

  DECATUR, GA — A mosquito collection from a DeKalb County Board of Health's sampling station, which is located in the Ashford Park area, has been reported as positive for West Nile virus (WNV). While most people infected with West Nile virus have no symptoms or experience mild flu-like symptoms, the virus potentially can cause serious and sometimes fatal illness. The chance that any one person is going to become ill from a single mosquito bite is low. The risk of severe illness and death is highe..

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• Study says one in ten Americans has buzzing in the ear or tinnitus

  

  Do you have that sometimes irritating ringing in your ears? If so, then perhaps you’re one in every ten Americans that has persistent buzzing or ringing in the ears, or sometimes in the head. It’s called tinnitus. Surprisingly, scientists have been studying it, and the goals are to find out its prevalence in the country, and how to avoid it. As published by NPR, the research was written for the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Ear surgeon Harrison Lin of the University of Califo..

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