A still undetermined amount of ground beef products has been recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from meatshops and stores across Canada due to possible E. Coli contamination.

The food safety board issued the alert on May 2nd , warning the public not to consume frozen hamburger patties as well as fresh ground beef products delivered in several Toronto stores between march 13 and 21 this year

The U.S. will soon have the largest measles outbreak in more than seven years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

In 2008, measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far, the worst in six years, health officials added

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or consume Total Body Formula, a dietary supplement after dangerously high amounts of the mineral selenium was found in them.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDA), the FDA and state health departments are investigating more than a hundred cases of acute poisoning from the products. The selenium found in them was as much as 200 times or more the amount listed on the products' labels

round 10 million children below five years old die every year due to preventable diseases that become even more common when weather patterns change. UNICEF highlights the impact of climate change n women and children on the occasion of World Health Day 2008, with the theme climate change and health.

According to Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, "Nearly 10 million children under age five die every year of largely preventable diseases. Many of the main global killers of children, including malaria and diarrhea, are sensitive to changes in temperature and rainfall, and could become more common if weather patterns change

Asia faces growing challenges from rising temperatures and increased rainfall that threaten to increase poverty, hunger and disease according to the World Health Organization's World Health Day report.

Although the threats from the effects of global warming are worldwide, people living in developing nations are more vulnerable because they have fewer resources to deal with the changes, officials say