Health News: FBI investigating Johnson & Johnson ♦ Supermarkets with worst records on contaminated chickens ♦ Nearly indestructible virus yields tool to treat diseases

FBI investigating Johnson & Johnson The FBI is questioning makers of a surgical device that can spread cancer cells in female patients, asking Johnson & Johnson officials what the manufacturing giant knew about the tool before yanking it out of service in 2014. The FBI's Newark

Supermarkets with worst records on contaminated chickens THE CONTAMINATION of nearly three-quarters of supermarket chickens with a potentially deadly bug is now the biggest food safety concern in the UK, the Food Standards Agency said. The watchdog said it was putting pressure on supermarkets to take action after a year-long study found all the major retailers failed to reach industry targets for reducing rates of campylobacter

Nearly indestructible virus yields tool to treat diseases By unlocking the secrets of a bizarre virus that survives in nearly boiling acid, scientists have found a blueprint for battling human disease using DNA clad in near-indestructible armor.

Study identifies Ebola virus's Achilles' heel The molecular "lock" that the deadly Ebola virus must pick to gain entry to cells has been identified by researchers. The findings, made in mice, suggest that drugs blocking entry to this lock could protect against Ebola infection

Herpes offers big insights on coughing -- and potential new remedies Cough treatments could change dramatically after the herpesvirus helped researchers discover that the respiratory tract links to two different parts of the nervous system.

11/14/12 Health News: Ramon Noodles Contaminated, Kids sickened by Pet Turtles, Johnson & Johnson Kickbacks, Inmates Win Salmonella Law Suit

Sing-Lin Foods Corp. fined over tainted noodles

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Sing-Lin Foods Corp. was yesterday fined by Nantou's Health Bureau for lying about the number of their noodle products that contained sodium copper chlorophyllin, a food additive not allowed in noodle products. US retailers have been informed to take them off the shelves.  Continue Reading

Federal inmates settle 2011 Salmonella outbreak lawsuits for more than $700,000

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has paid more than $700,000 to hundreds of inmates at the Canaan penitentiary in northeastern Pennsylvania to settle suits arising from a 2011 salmonella outbreak. Continue Reading

Pet Turtles Blamed For Salmonella Outbreaks, Kids Sickened In Michigan

Health officials say the handling of small pet turtles is to blame for a recent series of salmonella outbreaks. A total of three outbreaks occurred over the past 18 months across 43 states, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. At least five people, most of them children, were sickened in Michigan Continue Reading

Johnson & Johnson will pay $2.2 billion to settle charges that the company marketed drugs for unapproved uses and paid "kickbacks" to doctors and nursing homes.

The penalties announced Monday involve fines and forfeiture to the federal government and several states. The settlement involves the schizophrenia drugs Risperdal and Invega, and the heart failure drug Natrecor. Continue Working