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Study: U.S. meat supply tainted
A new study looked at multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus in U.S. meat and poultry and found 47% were contaminated with staph and more than half of those bacteria. 52%, were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics. Senior Medical Correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen explains what this means for consumers.
Book claims everyday toxins could cause health risks
David Wentz, one of the authors of the best-selling book, "The Healthy Home," tells CNN's American Morning, hidden dangers inside your home could be hurting your family.
Father of first grader with severe peanut allergy speaks out
David Bailey, father of a first grader whose severe peanut allergy prompted parent's to protest safety measures enacted by her school is finally speaking out. Some parents cited the precautions as too extreme and distracting to the students' learning process, saying she should be home schooled. Some even threatened to spread peanut butter on the child's backpack. Bailey speaks to CNN's Kiran Chetry on dealing with the negative responses to his daughter's allergy.
CT scans of kids increase fivefold, raise radiation concerns
Children are receiving more radiation at the hospital now then they did in the last decade. A new study finds CT scans of kids have increased fivefold between 1995 and 2008. Most of the scans—nearly 90 percent—are performed on children in non-pediatric emergency rooms.
Children are more susceptible to radiation’s harmful effects, so what considerations should parents have before signing off on a CT scan? Is it better to take your child to a children’s hospital, and what’s the difference in care compared to a regular hospital?
CNN senior medial correspondent Elizabeth Cohen addresses these questions on American Morning today.
Nine die due to contaminated IV bags
Nine patients have died due to contaminated IV bags in Alabama hospitals. The patients had all been receiving intravenous nutritional supplements provided by a Birmingham pharmacy called Meds IV, which are believed to have been contaminated with a lethal bacteria. In total, nineteen patients are confirmed to have been infected by the bacteria.
Dr. Donald Williamson is the Alabama State Health Officer and Director, Alabama Department of Public Health. Dr. Williamson talks to American Morning about the contaminated IV bags.
Temperatures rising in reactor one at Fukushima Daiichi plant
Japanese officials are reporting rising temperatures at reactor one at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Radiation levels are said to be registering at 100-thousand times the normal level, an amount workers could only be exposed to for fifteen minutes at a time.
Professor Cham Dallas is the Director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia and has led 12 expeditions into the most contaminated areas of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Professor Dallas talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about the latest developments out of Japan.
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