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McDonald’s customers may have to go elsewhere for now if they have a yen for frothy caffeinated drinks. Melitta, the maker of the $3,000 machines used at many of McDonald’s U.S. locations, recommended a temporary stop to their use to “proactively ensure safety,” the company said Wednesday in an emailed statement. “We are investigating the
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Nationwide rates of emergency room visits for babies with Mycoplasma pneumoniae are on track to surpass rates for school-age children, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as doctors nationwide are grappling with a surge of “walking pneumonia” cases. The new figures come from the CDC’s National Syndromic Surveillance Program, which
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Tom’s of Maine toothpaste was manufactured with water containing bacteria, while a “black mold-like substance” was found in a factory where the product was made, according to a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The November 5 letter stated that Tom’s Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a germ that
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When Savannah Meadows had lunch last October with her mother, Sharon Turcott, Meadows was “all smiles,” the mother told CBS News. “Maybe she’s turned a corner,” Turcott recalled thinking about her daughter, who had been struggling with serious mental illness. The next morning, she received a scheduled email: “Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m probably
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Authorities in Hawaii are warning residents who attended a local pet fair to watch for symptoms of avian influenza after a local flock of ducks and other birds tested positive for the H5N1 virus that has fueled a global outbreak of infections. Officials suspect wild migrating birds are likely to blame for the first known
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Canada’s Bestar has agreed to a more than $16 million civil penalty for failing to report a defect in its wall beds until after one person was killed and more than a dozen others injured, some seriously, federal officials say. Starting in September of 2014 and continuing through 2022, Bestar received numbers of reports that the
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We were amazed at what we were seeing on a sweltering summer’s day, when a group of people with Parkinson’s Disease began rock-climbing on the Carderock Cliffs of Maryland. Yes, rock-climbing! It’s all part of their therapy, says Molly Cupka, the no-nonsense instructor and cheerleader for this community of courageous climbers. People with Parkinson’s Disease
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Woman gives emotional testimony in Idaho abortion ban case – CBS News Watch CBS News Kayla Smith, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Idaho’s restrictive abortion ban, tells Nicole Valdez about “the most traumatic experience” of her life. She and five other women are suing the state to clarify and expand abortion exceptions.
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What to know about Trump’s controversial pick for HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – CBS News Watch CBS News Public health expert and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a long record of criticizing vaccines and
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday issued an urgent warning about portable adult bed rails, saying the devices are behind the suffocation deaths of 18 people since 2021. The agency’s safety alert coincided with the ninth recall of portable bed rails in three years. Medical King of Brooklyn, New York, is recalling about
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