A 62-year-old woman is infected with the pig disease, streptococcus suis bacteria, bringing the total number of victims in the Hong Kong territory to 11.

Despite recent outbreaks, Hong-Kong government officials have decided to resume pork imports from Sichuan province, which has been hardest hit by the recent epidemic

Authorities ban 1,856 pounds of beef that were shipped to wholesalers in a half-dozen states under rules designed to protect consumers from mad cow disease

The beef included meat from a Canadian cow that inspectors in Canada determined was eligible for shipment to the United States. A Canadian audit two weeks later found, however that the cow was too old to be allowed entry to the U.S., The Associated Press reports

Obesity rates rose last year in every state but Oregon, with the highest percentage of obese adults in Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee.

The advocacy group, Trust for America's Health, says data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the percentage of obese adults for 2002-04 stand at 22.7 percent nationally. The percentage for the previous cycle, 2001-03, was 22 percent, The Associated Press reports

People who suffer a heart attack or have severe coronary heart disease, could also be suffering from unrecognized diabetes according to new research.

Dr. Darcy Green Conaway told Reuters Health that "the majority of patients" who are seen in emergency rooms with a heart attack or heart-related chest pain "have impaired glucose metabolism," and this represents an opportunity for doctors to intervene. "Only once we recognize what we are missing can we then improve it

Three people are infected with a pig-borne disease in the southern region of China and one has died, a day after an epidemic in another part of the country was declared under control.

The Xinhua News Agency reports that those infected reside in four different areas in Guangdong province