Today, about 40,000 -- or 0.1 percent -- of the 37 million cows slaughtered each year are tested, a number that consumer groups say is too low, especially when compared to testing programs in other countries.
In the United Kingdom, 184,551cases have been found in cattle and 163 in humans.
Chicago man dies from tuberculosis
The Cook County, Illinois, medical examiner says a Schiller Park man has died after testing positive for miliary tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis is a form of the disease that spreads throughout the body.
Authorities say 36-year-old Bruno Tapia died at Stroger Hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday morning from the disease.
A spokeswoman with the Cook County Department of Public Health says the agency has not yet received a report of the death.
Beaumont nurse allegedly gave 15 patients hepatitis C
"According to the CDC, 15 patients who had surgery at Beaumont between July 31, 2004, and October 12, 2004, developed HCV infections. The investigation found that Jones was the only staffer who provided care for all 15, and all other staff members tested negative for HCV," the lawsuit states.
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I’ll read all of these.
OPINION:
Health care in this country isn’t what it used to be and with the illegal and legal immigration; new diseases and the old ones that have been gone for awhile are back again.