Millions of couples in 46 countries where the Zika virus may pose a risk have been warned to avoid getting pregnant, according to an updated report from the World Health Organization.
The virus is thought to cause birth defects like microcephaly, which prevents the growth of a baby's head and sometimes its brain. Zika has spread throughout Latin American and Caribbean countries, including the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials failed to force a recall of peanut butter and almond products for three months after advanced DNA testing confirmed salmonella contamination, government investigators reported Thursday.
Despite new legal powers to compel recalls and sophisticated technology to fingerprint pathogens, the Food and Drug Administration allowed some food-safety investigations to drag on, placing consumers in jeopardy of death or serious illness, according to the inspector general's office at the Department of Health and Human Services.
