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A recall of Boar's Head deli meat products has been widely expanded over concerns that they may be linked to a fatal listeria outbreak in the U.S., federal officials said Tuesday. Another 3,500 tons of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products sold under the Boar's Head and Old Country brands have been added to the initial recall, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. This is in addition to approximately 103 tons of Boar's Head products that were recalled last week. The recall now includes a total of 71 products that were produced between May 10 and July 29, the USDA said....

"I wonder what is causing this? When Canada's top health official was asked for evidence, she said to trust the authorities. This is a story we hear nowadays from everywhere, especially from morticians who've been horrified by the huge increase in deaths of these babies in vaccinated mothers. ..."

NEW YORK, May 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Joanne Cacciatore has waged a decade-long battle to convince elected officials to recognize the need of parents to recognize the humanity of their stillborn babies with birth certificates. Ms. Cacciatore, the founder of the M.I.S.S. foundation and the MISSing Angels petition, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com about her own personal experience advocating the rights of herself and other parents seeking closure and the frustrating opposition she faces from abortion advocates opposed to birth certificates as some sort of stealth pro-life legislation. Ms. Cacciatore’s experience began with the death and birth of her daughter, Cheyenne. “She...

"This was my child. He grew inside of me." But now, Brandi McKeehan and her husband Sean face each day knowing that their son Landon died before he ever had a chance to live. In fact, according to Mississippi law, Landon wasn't even technically a living human being - only a fetus. That's blunt news to parents like Brandi and Sean. But, Landon never took a breath on his own. He was a completely formed baby in his parents' eyes, but not even a child in the state's eyes. His death was ruled SADS - Sudden Antenatal Death Syndrome. They...

WASHINGTON – A South Carolina woman sentenced to 12 years in prison for homicide as a result of suffering a stillbirth has lost a bid to reverse her conviction. In a one-line order issued Monday, the US Supreme Court let stand a South Carolina Supreme Court decision upholding her conviction for homicide by child abuse. The woman in question had used cocaine during her pregnancy. The case is important because it opens the door to making a large number of women in South Carolina who suffer a stillbirth potential murder suspects, legal analysts say. The list of potential suspects could...

Too Much Coffee During Pregnancy Risks Stillbirth Study: 8 Cups Daily Raises Risk By 300 Percent POSTED: 12:34 p.m. EST February 21, 2003 If you didn't think drinking coffee during pregnancy was dangerous before, a new study may change your mind. Pregnant women who drink eight or more cups of coffee a day run more than twice the risk of stillbirth compared with women who do not drink coffee, according to a study published in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal. Researchers in Denmark identified 18,478 pregnant women booking for delivery at Aarhus University Hospital from 1989 and...

That chilly night in late October, the delivery room was so quiet. The doctor wrapped the 8-pound, 21-inch newborn girl in a pink-and-blue striped cotton blanket, pulled a matching cap over her brown hair and gently passed her to her mother. Margarete Heber cradled the baby. In the dim light, Heber could see the infant had her dark eyes, turned-up nose and distinctive chin. Perfect, except she was tinged blue. She had died just hours before she was born. Her birth would be her good-bye. "I am sorry," Heber whispered, kissing her stillborn daughter on the forehead. "I am so,...