A new study revealed that Botulinum neurotoxin type A, also known as Botox, can travel from the face to the brain causing damage.

Matteo Caleo from the Italian National Research Council's Institute of Neuroscience and his team tested the active ingredient botulism - the toxin commonly used to treat muscular disorders and in cosmetic procedures, in rats. They injected the rats in their whisker muscles

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has intensified its efforts to enforce a nationwide recall of canned vegetable products from New Era Canning Co. of Michigan. The products were reportedly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces the toxin that causes botulism and can result in life threatening illness or death.

The canned products are in large cans weighing between six and seven pounds and containing various types of beans, green beans, garbanzos, blackeye peas and asparagus

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued a warning against the use of anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor, saying that children given the drugs for muscle pain have died.

FDA officials said that Botox Cosmetic and competitor Myobloc have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms, where muscles used for breathing and swallowing could be paralyzed or weakened

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning against the use of popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and its competitor Myobloc after the drugs have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users.

These anti-wrinkle drugs, when given to children for muscle spasms, have been also linked to deaths, the government warned Friday

Canada's food inspection agency issued a botulism warning to the public Saturday not to consume a particular brand of green beans due to possible contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Loblaws, a Canadian grocery store chain, are recommending the public not eat french cut green beans manufactured by No Name because the product may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum