Health Highlights: July 9, 2012

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Frozen Meatballs, Patties Recalled Due to
Listeria Risk

Nearly 325,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat beef and chicken
meatballs and patties are being recalled by New Jersey-based Buona Vita,
Inc. due to possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says.

The packages of recalled products carry the establishment number
“P-954” or “Est. 954” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products
were distributed nationwide.

The problem was discovered through tests conducted by FSIS and the Ohio
Department of Agriculture. To date, there have been no reports of
illnesses associated with the products, according to FSIS.

For more information about the recall, consumers can go to the
USDA/FSIS website.

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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Detected in
Cambodian Outbreak

The virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease has been detected in
an outbreak that has killed at least 52 children in Cambodia, health
officials say.

But they noted that the investigation is ongoing and other illnesses,
including dengue, have also been associated with some of the cases, the
Wall Street Journal reported.

The outbreak began in early April and was first reported as an
unexplained illness involving respiratory and neurological symptoms.
Laboratory samples are not available for most of the cases because many
victims died before samples could be collected, according to the Cambodian
Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.

But officials said that the virus that causes hand, foot and mouth
disease was present in a “significant proportion” of the samples that were
collected from patients, WSJ reported.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common infectious illness in infants
and children. It typically causes symptoms such as fever, painful mouth
sores and a skin rash.

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