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An elderly woman died and at least 9 other people were sickened after eating fresh strawberries from an Oregon farm contaminated with E. coli, officials said on Monday.

Study sheds light on obesity?s effect on libido, urinary tract problems.

Authorities recently requested residents of the city of Grimes, Iowa, to boil water that is intended for consumption after E. coli bacteria was detected in the main water supply.

U.S. food safety advocates are calling for changes to meat recall rules after regulators took months to warn the public about a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 80 people and caused one death.

The U.S. seems to be fighting an uphill battle against HIV. The number of new infections was about 50,000 per year over the past decade and continues to persist, federal officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella poisoning that spread across 26 states linked to ground turkey, as meat manufacturer Cargill pulls 36 million pounds of meat in the second-biggest recall in U.S. history.

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., from Arkansas, is voluntarily recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. That strain of salmonella has killed one person and left about 77 others sick, and the recall is considered the third-largest in U.S. history, according to reports.

Another alarming outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella, that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others in 26 states since March, has lead meat giant Cargill Inc. to recall 36 million pounds of ground turkey. It is one of the largest meat recalls ever, according to the Agriculture Department.

Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily affected by new HIV infections, according to a CDC officials. The agency estimates that these cases represent only 2 percent of the U.S. population, and accounted for 61 percent of all new HIV infections in 2009. Young males were most severely affected, representing 27 percent of new infections in 2009.

Scientists have identified an emerging "superbug" strain of salmonella that is highly resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, often used for severe salmonella infections, and say they fear it may spread around the world.

The number of Americans newly infected with HIV remained stable between 2006 and 2009, but infections rose nearly 50 percent among young black gay and bisexual men, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.

Newly released data on HIV revealed that the rate of new infections has for a decade been stuck at 50,000 a year, with the rate of new infections for young bisexual or gay men, particularly African-Americans, rising sharply.

The rate of new HIV infections in the United States has plateaued at about 50,000 a year for the last decade, but young gay and bisexual men, particularly African-Americans, have suffered an increase.

Cargill has recalled about 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products after an investigation found that turkeys from its Springdale, Arkansas plant may have been infected with Salmonella Heidelberg.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first multi-year estimates on the national HIV incidence surveillance on Wednesday. It is published in the journal PLoS ONE. The new estimates show that there were 48,600 new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2006 and some 56,000 in 2007. In 2008, there were 47,800 such infections and 48,100 in 2009, data show.

The U.S. has been gaining momentum in its fight against HIV but the number of new infections, about 50,000 per year over the past decade, continues to persist, federal officials said Wednesday. The epidemic still largely concentrates on gay men and rates of new infection have also been rapidly rising in young black men.

New study shows disproportionate HIV infection rate among young black gay and bisexual men.

Malware threats to the Android OS are "increasing in prevalence and sophistication," said lookout Mobile Security, which just released its 2011 Mobile Threat Report.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella poisoning that spread across 26 states linked to ground turkey, as a new strain of salmonella highly resistant to the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin surfaces, scientists say.

Reportedly, the king?s application for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), among other financial institutions, was summarily rejected.

A Sacramento man has died after eating ground turkey that was linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning.