From Scoop San Diego. An adult male in his late 30's is the first reported fatality linked to influenza for this influenza season, Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health and state public health officer, announced today.… more »

From NASDAQ Online. California-based Cal Fresco LLC said it is voluntarily recalling fresh Jalapeno and Serrano chili peppers due to potential salmonella contamination. The recall follows random sampling by the FDA whereby Cal Fresco Jalapeño and Serr… more »

From the Lake County News. Raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County, with the exception of raw colostrum, have been released from a statewide quarantine that began Nov. 15. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)… more »

From the Desert Online. The California Highway Patrol's San Gorgonio office Thursday reminded parents, caregivers and others who supervise children that, beginning Jan. 1, children younger than 8 years old will be required to ride in booster seats. The… more »

Fropm the Los Angeles Times. The costs keep piling up as a project to study chromium 6 removal becomes a bigger expense than expected for Glendale, which has been trudging through nine years of research to strip the cancer-causing contaminant from grou… more »

From Pediatric Supersite. There are a number of factors that contributed to the recent pertussis outbreak in California, including waning immunity to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccines and a lack of vaccination among certai… more »

From The Brownsville Herald. Prime Healthcare now appears to be the subject of a FBI probe. An investigation by the California Department of Public Health concluded that Prime Healthcare did make inaccurate septicemia diagnoses, but in October the depa… more »