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Food poisoning Every year, 600 million people — almost 1 in 10 people in the world — fall ill and 420,000 die after eating contaminated food. South Africa is currently battling the world’s largest listeriosis outbreak on record. In 2017, an outbreak of salmonellosis led to the recall of a French brand of contaminated baby formula from more than 80 countries and territories around the world. In 2018, WHO will pursue its policy of ‘no regrets’ in responding to health emergencies  — guided by the knowledge that outbreaks are inevitable, but epidemics are preventable.

Chipotle Food Poisoning Cases However the cause of the outbreak is still under investigation. Tests for Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli and norovirus came back negative. Leftover food from the restaurant is still subject to testing, Traci Whittaker, spokesperson for the health district, told Dayton Daily News . Two lawsuits have been filed against Chipotle Mexican Grill on behalf of individuals sickened in the potential outbreak. One of the plaintiffs, Clayton Jones, still receives medical treatment after eating Chipotle's food July 27.

Top 5 Most Important Medical Discoveries. In vitro fertilisation(IVF) While birth control was a major breakthrough in limiting unwanted pregnancies, its opposite in many ways, is just as important. In-vitro fertilization is a way of creating pregnancies, for people who have no other way of getting pregnant. The history of IVF dates back to the 1950s, but it wasn’t until 1978 that the first “test-tube baby” was born. The second was born a year later in Scotland, although there were unconfirmed reports that there had been a baby born in India between the two. As with any science that is seen to interfere with natural conception, IVF has been controversial. It is still outlawed by the Catholic Church, with its teaching describing babies born through IVF as a “commodity”. There has also been criticism from other quarters about the multi-million dollar nature of the IVF industry and the implications of allowing couples to “design” their baby by selecting embryos based on gender etc

First Aid Emergencies : What Heat Can Do to Your Body. Sweating It's your natural cooling system. Your body pushes sweat out onto the surface of your skin. As the air absorbs it (evaporation), it draws heat away and cools you down. This works better in drier climates where humidity is low. You might get very tired and sometimes seriously ill if it doesn't work quickly enough. Heat Exhaustion It happens in extreme heat when your body can't get cool enough and sweats away too much water and salt. You get pale and clammy, and your temperature often goes over 100 degrees. You also may be tired, weak, lightheaded, and nauseated, and have a headache. Get to a cool shaded area, lie down, and drink something with salt and sugar. Sip water if that's all you have. If you ignore it, it could lead to heatstroke, which is an emergency. Heatstroke This is heat at its most dangerous. You can't control your body temperature, which can go above 104 degree

Health Tip: Stay Safe Near a Train Crossing (HealthDay News) -- Every three hours, someone in the United States is involved in an accident with a train, the National Safety Council says. There are about 212,000 railroad crossings in the United States. To help avoid an accident at a train crossing, the council suggests: 1.Never try to beat a train at a crossing, either on foot or in a vehicle. 2.Stay off the tracks if the crossing lights are on and the gate is down. 3.If stuck on the track, find the blue sign identifying the crossing number. Then call the railroad so trains in the area can be alerted as soon as possible. 8 First Aid Kit Essentials for Scrapes, Cuts, Bug Bites, and More in Pictures. Tweezers Tweezers are an essential part of any first aid kit, particularly if you enjoy hiking or other outdoor activities. The safest way to remove a splinter or a tick is with a clean pair of tweezers. Disinfect the tweezers well before and after each use. Hydroco

5 strange, rare, and fascinating medical conditions There are " Medical Conditions", such as "Diabetes ", "Hypertension", or "Asthma", that almost all of us will have heard of. But what about those that are so rare that very few of us will know about? In this Spotlight, we look at five of the rarest and strangest medical conditions on record. Previously, "World Health News News Today" have covered a range of medical conditions so unusual that, at first glance, you may even question if they were even real. Now, We add five more fascinating conditions to our list — from a syndrome that causes an individual to spontaneously produce pure alcohol in the gut, to one in which various body tissues grow out of proportion, severely altering a person's appearance, and potentially leading to numerous other health problems. "The "Human Body" is strange and flawed and unpredictable," writes novelist Paul Auster