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So far, there have been 97 reported cases of illness resulting from an outbreak of Salmonella Agona, ten of which involved individuals being hospitalized, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

U.S. health regulators on Monday warned people not to eat Mexican-grown papayas from Texas distributor Agromod Produce Inc., as they investigate a possible link to a salmonella outbreak in 23 states. So far, the outbreak of Salmonella Agona has resulted in 97 reported cases of illness, ten of which involved individuals being hospitalized, across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

Health officials say gonorrhea is showing resistance to the antibiotics used to treat it, causing concerns over a gonorrhea superbug outbreak. The resistant gonorrhea strain has not be found in the United states, but CDC officials say there are signs it could happen.

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Johnson & Johnson has recalled a massive amount of the painkiller Tylenol. Here is a factsheet on all you need to know about the drug, its recall and the company:

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RBC Capital Markets said Xoma Ltd. (NASDAQ: XOMA) continues to make steady albeit measured progress toward initiating a pivotal trial in Behcet’s disease, which could begin by year-end 2011, pending regulatory feedback.

RBC Capital Markets expects Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NASDAQ: VRTX) Incivek (telaprevir) to treat hepatitis C is likely to be approved on or around May 23.

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Roche Holding AG's arthritis and cancer drug, Rituxan, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat two rare disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation.

Roche Holding AG's rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat a rare type of arthritis in children.

The defending champion discusses the upcoming Masters tournament

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Many doctors are doing little or nothing to help their overweight or obese patients to lose weight but many of them have made new year resolutions for weight loss, according to a new Harris Poll.

Scientists have found a protein that acts as a master switch to determine whether certain white blood cells will boost or dampen inflammation, a finding that may help the search for new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.

Swiss pharma giant Roche said it plans to cut 4,800 jobs worldwide over the next two years due to mounting cost pressures in healthcare -particularly in the US and Europe - and increasing hurdles for the approval and pricing of new medicines.