Before bowling with her sisters one night last fall, Terri Kaiser had a burrito. Within days she was sick, so sick she nearly died. The cause: E. coli bacteria on the lettuce she ate. Eventually more than 80 people in three states fell ill after eating at the same restaurant chain. Authorities are still investigating. But nobody has gotten answers about how the outbreak happened.

FDA: Melamine-tainted poultry, fish safe for humans

Approximately 80,000 chickens exposed to feed tainted with the industrial chemical melamine have been declared safe for human consumption, federal health officials said Friday.

Food-safety targeted by lawmakers

Spurred by deadly outbreaks of E. coli and other food-borne pathogens, a group of U.S. lawmakers is pushing to put all food safety oversight under a single federal agency.

CDC: Heavy stroke burden in South

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