Arizona company recalls salads for listeria and other top stories.

• Arizona company recalls salads for listeria

  

  Phoenix based Papa Johns Salads and Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling one of it's salads due to possible listeria contamination.(Photo: Food and Drug Administration)Phoenix-based Papa John's Salad and Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling one of its salads due to possible listeria contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said.Phoenix based Papa Johns Salads and Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling one of it's salads due to possible listeria contamination. (Photo: Food and Drug ..

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• Michigan bill requires equal health coverage of cancer drugs

  

  LANSING, Mich. - Cancer patients and survivors are lobbying lawmakers to make Michigan the latest in a long line of states to require equal insurance coverage of chemotherapy regardless of whether the drugs are given by needle or taken orally.The push addresses the tendency for chemo pills to cost patients much more out of pocket, both because they are more expensive and because health insurers cover them differently than IV chemo.Amy Harvey, a 43-year-old mother from West Bloomfield who has ha..

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• US states on Zika's frontline see big gaps in funding, expertise

  

  In Mississippi, a small team of entomologists has begun the first survey of mosquito populations in decades. Experts do not believe the kind of mosquitoes most likely to carry the Zika virus are active in the state, but they cannot know for sure.By contrast, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, has been active since the late 1920s. With an annual budget of over $15 million, it now deploys four helicopters, two airplanes and 33 inspectors covering 125 square miles.Because they are funded..

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• Medical marijuana advocates frustrated by slow pace in Maryland

  

  Maryland’s state medical marijuana commission delivered a blow to marijuana advocates and would-be entrepreneurs last week by abruptly capping the number of businesses that can process marijuana into pills, oils and other products. The commission also gave conflicting information about when the first long-awaited growing licenses would be issued, with Executive Director Patrick Jameson first saying it would be late summer or early fall, then stating that licenses would come “weeks” after the ev..

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• 7 Ways to Give Ticks the Slip

  

  SUNDAY, May 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- While only a few tick species infect people with diseases, the rising popularity of many outdoor activities and the spread of residential developments has upped the odds that one of those creepy parasites might latch on to you."Luckily, ticks don't fly, jump or fall from the sky," vector-borne disease expert Stephen Wikel said. He's a professor emeritus of medical sciences at Quinnipiac University's Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine, in North Haven..

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• Opioid prescriptions are declining. Will it ease the addiction epidemic?

  

  In America's opioid epidemic, a news analysis of several sources reflects a glimmer of hope.  For the first time in two decades, the number of opioid prescriptions has declined, an analysis of data by The New York Times found Friday.  Spurred by increased public concerns about the dangers of opioids, the drop in the number of prescriptions reflects a shift in attitude among physicians, now more carefully weighing the drugs' effectiveness as pain medication against their high potential for addic..

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• 'Sunscreen Gene' May Be the Key in Preventing and Treating Skin Cancer

  

  Scientists recently discovered what they call as ‘sunscreen gene’ with the ability to repair damages caused by UV rays- the primary cause of skin cancer. While the research requires further studies, the scientists hope that a drug could be someday be created to trigger the UV repair function of the so-called sunscreen genes based on their findings. A study published in the journal Molecular Cell say that scientists have recently found out that 'sunscreen gene' may be the ultimate key in skin c..

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