<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - bacteria</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/bacteria</link><description>Newsvine - bacteria</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:28:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:20 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Clues to why most survived China melamine scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16951964-clues-to-why-most-survived-china-melamine-scandal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16951964-clues-to-why-most-survived-china-melamine-scandal</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>bacteria</category><category>melamine</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Flesh-eating bacteria killed Texas boy in Calif.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 7-year-old Texas boy who died during a Southern California vacation was killed by flesh-eating bacteria.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13568065-flesh-eating-bacteria-killed-texas-boy-in-calif</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13568065-flesh-eating-bacteria-killed-texas-boy-in-calif</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>health</category><category>southern-california</category><category>bacteria</category><category>eating</category><category>flesh-eating-bacteria</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germy hot spots in hotels? Remote, light switch</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12268270-germy-hot-spots-in-hotels-remote-light-switch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12268270-germy-hot-spots-in-hotels-remote-light-switch</guid><category>hotel</category><category>boosting</category><category>bacteria</category><category>contaminated</category><category>cleaning</category><category>surfaces</category><category>touching</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>altnext</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-120615-remote-1035a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-120615-remote-1035a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Next time you enter a new hotel room, you might think twice before touching the light switch or reaching for the remote. Those are two of the top surfaces most likely to be contaminated with bacteria, according to a study aimed at boosting hotel cleaning practices.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Men's desks are germier than women's, study finds</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11996352-mens-desks-are-germier-than-womens-study-finds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11996352-mens-desks-are-germier-than-womens-study-finds</guid><category>species</category><category>bacteria</category><category>rachel</category><category>desk</category><category>your</category><category>sampled</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>you'd</category><category>by-rachel-rettnermyhealthnewsdaily-youd</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 23:54:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sister: Flesh-eating bacteria victim 'couldn't give up'</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11990394-sister-flesh-eating-bacteria-victim-couldnt-give-up</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11990394-sister-flesh-eating-bacteria-victim-couldnt-give-up</guid><category>georgia</category><category>today</category><category>bacteria</category><category>feisty</category><category>waking</category><category>aimee</category><category>flesh-eating</category><category>copeland</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/tdy_truong_aimee_20531.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/tdy_truong_aimee_20531.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The family of Aimee Copeland, the Georgia college student who has been battling flesh-eating bacteria, talk to TODAY about hearing her first words since waking up in the hospital and how she's kept up her feisty spirit.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Testing for new E. coli strains begins</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11955212-testing-for-new-e-coli-strains-begins</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11955212-testing-for-new-e-coli-strains-begins</guid><category>food</category><category>testing</category><category>bacteria</category><category>beef</category><category>last-minute</category><category>inspectors</category><category>coli</category><category>strains</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120517-ricklyke-hmed-01.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120517-ricklyke-hmed-01.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Barring any last-minute delays, U.S. food safety inspectors will begin testing Monday for six new strains of potentially deadly E. coli bacteria to be banned from certain cuts of raw beef.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. woman fighting flesh-eating bacteria speaks</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11939213-ga-woman-fighting-flesh-eating-bacteria-speaks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11939213-ga-woman-fighting-flesh-eating-bacteria-speaks</guid><category>georgia</category><category>for</category><category>rare</category><category>fighting</category><category>bacteria</category><category>flesh-eating</category><category>spoken</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 16:48:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120510-aimee-copeland-vsml-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120510-aimee-copeland-vsml-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="112" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The young Georgia woman fighting a rare flesh-eating bacteria has spoken for the first time in weeks, according to reports.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease could hardly believe it when she was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital more than three weeks ago, her father said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11919378-ga-woman-battling-flesh-eating-bacteria-speaks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11919378-ga-woman-battling-flesh-eating-bacteria-speaks</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>bacteria</category><category>eating</category><category>flesh-eating</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 14:02:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New SC mom hospitalized with flesh-eating bacteria</title>
<description><![CDATA[Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Kinnard ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meg Kinnard ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11743826-new-sc-mom-hospitalized-with-flesh-eating-bacteria</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11743826-new-sc-mom-hospitalized-with-flesh-eating-bacteria</guid><category>us</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>bacteria</category><category>us-news</category><category>eating</category><category>sc</category><category>flesh-eating</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:58:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woman with flesh-eating disease takes own breaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease is now able to breathe on her own, a milestone that sent the family's spirits soaring, her father said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Martin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Martin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11739731-woman-with-flesh-eating-disease-takes-own-breaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11739731-woman-with-flesh-eating-disease-takes-own-breaths</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>bacteria</category><category>us-news</category><category>eating</category><category>this-is</category><category>flesh-eating-bacteria</category><category>flesh-eating</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:53:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ef64e03-194c-408e-b4d8-00c45a634c77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ef64e03-194c-408e-b4d8-00c45a634c77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland. the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection that forced doctors to amputate most of her left leg. They warned she would likely lose her other foot and both hands. (AP Photo/Copeland Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5bea581f-d443-44a3-bebc-b7ab59a5415c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5bea581f-d443-44a3-bebc-b7ab59a5415c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student  fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection that forced doctors to amputate most of her left leg. They warned she would likely lose her other foot and both hands. (AP Photo/Copeland Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d676cb45-8cfd-4f0a-ba19-71d8a63e3a24.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d676cb45-8cfd-4f0a-ba19-71d8a63e3a24.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Copeland has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying &quot;Let's do this.&quot; Her father recounted the conversation in an update on his Facebook page Friday, May 18, 2012. Andy Copeland wrote about the difficult talk he had a day earlier with his daughter Aimee. The 24-year-old woman contracted the bacteria after an accident. (AP Photo/Copeland Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cf3a878-8ec2-4de3-8a1e-3469070e0883.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cf3a878-8ec2-4de3-8a1e-3469070e0883.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland. the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection.  Copeland has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying &quot;Let's do this.&quot; Her father recounted the conversation in an update on his Facebook page Friday, May 18, 2012. Andy Copeland wrote about the difficult talk he had a day earlier with his daughter Aimee. The 24-year-old woman contracted the bacteria after an accident. (AP Photo/Copeland Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Which food defies the 5-second rule?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11734556-which-food-defies-the-5-second-rule</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11734556-which-food-defies-the-5-second-rule</guid><category>food</category><category>bacteria</category><category>pasta</category><category>ham</category><category>citing</category><category>pbj</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>soaks</category><category>grosser</category><category>five-second</category><category>all-powerful</category><category>altdo</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tdy-klg-120516-spaghetti.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tdy-klg-120516-spaghetti.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Do you ever pick up something off the floor and eat it, citing the all-powerful five-second rule?&lt;br /&gt;
Well, that may be grosser than you think, depending on what kind of food it is. Between ham, a PBJ and pasta, which do you think soaks up the most bacteria in five seconds?&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Heartburn drugs linked to serious infections</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10354037-heartburn-drugs-linked-to-serious-infections</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10354037-heartburn-drugs-linked-to-serious-infections</guid><category>fda</category><category>bacteria</category><category>stomach</category><category>acid</category><category>infections</category><category>warns</category><category>intestinal</category><category>suppress</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Six new E. coli strains banned from meat supply</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal agriculture officials are expanding long-delayed rules that will ban six new strains of potentially lethal E. coli bacteria from the nation’s meat supply, msnbc.com has learned. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7730707-six-new-e-coli-strains-banned-from-meat-supply</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7730707-six-new-e-coli-strains-banned-from-meat-supply</guid><category>testing</category><category>news</category><category>meat</category><category>science</category><category>bacteria</category><category>infections</category><category>coli</category><category>food-safety</category><category>strains</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dog pollution? Study finds fecal bacteria in air</title>
<description><![CDATA[There’s a new reason to crack down harder on dog owners who don’t clean up after Fido. Samples in two cities found that in winter the most common bacteria in the air is from feces — probably that of dogs. Researchers want to extend their air sampling to cities across the country to see how widespread the bacteria might be.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7419183-dog-pollution-study-finds-fecal-bacteria-in-air</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7419183-dog-pollution-study-finds-fecal-bacteria-in-air</guid><category>health</category><category>air</category><category>environment</category><category>cleveland</category><category>feces</category><category>bacteria</category><category>cities</category><category>samples</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>environmental-microbiology<a><p></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA probes new death, infections from wipes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials are investigating whether contaminated alcohol prep products from a shuttered Wisconsin firm led to the death of a 66-year-old man who developed a bacterial infection after being treated for skin cancer and diabetes. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6994608-fda-probes-new-death-infections-from-wipes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6994608-fda-probes-new-death-infections-from-wipes</guid><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>products</category><category>infection</category><category>bacteria</category><category>prep</category><category>triad</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>triad-group</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:13:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Deadly threat: Blood-poisoning cases spike</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hospitalizations for sepsis, or blood poisoning, more than doubled in the last decade, a new report shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6908991-deadly-threat-blood-poisoning-cases-spike</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6908991-deadly-threat-blood-poisoning-cases-spike</guid><category>blood</category><category>health</category><category>hospital</category><category>hall</category><category>bacteria</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>patients</category><category>antibiotics</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>hospitalizations</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:14:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. risks from E. coli outbreak remain low</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four U.S. residents who recently traveled to Germany and two U.S. servicemen stationed there may be among those sickened by a deadly food poisoning outbreak in Europe, U.S. health officials said Friday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/02/6774671-us-risks-from-e-coli-outbreak-remain-low</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/02/6774671-us-risks-from-e-coli-outbreak-remain-low</guid><category>europe</category><category>health</category><category>outbreak</category><category>bacteria</category><category>disease-control</category><category>contaminated</category><category>vegetables</category><category>coli</category><category>food-safety</category><category>hus</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:22:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>E. coli common bacteria; only some cause illness</title>
<description><![CDATA[The culprit in the deadly outbreak in Europe is a rare strain of the E. coli bacteria.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6765961-e-coli-common-bacteria-only-some-cause-illness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6765961-e-coli-common-bacteria-only-some-cause-illness</guid><category>eu</category><category>europe</category><category>health</category><category>bacteria</category><category>contaminated</category><category>vegetables</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:21:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senators question FDA's response to tainted wipes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two U.S. senators on Thursday asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to answer for its handling of investigations into millions of recalled medical prep products tied to serious infections and death. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6384080-senators-question-fdas-response-to-tainted-wipes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6384080-senators-question-fdas-response-to-tainted-wipes</guid><category>fda</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>bacteria</category><category>alcohol</category><category>infections</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>triad</category><category>wipes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>triad-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:45:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA asks maker of tainted wipes to stop production</title>
<description><![CDATA[The federal Food and Drug Administration is asking a Wisconsin firm tied to infections and death blamed on contaminated medical wipes to voluntarily stop making and distributing its drug products, msnbc.com has learned. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6363007-fda-asks-maker-of-tainted-wipes-to-stop-production</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6363007-fda-asks-maker-of-tainted-wipes-to-stop-production</guid><category>business</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>bacteria</category><category>alcohol</category><category>infections</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>triad</category><category>pads</category><category>wipes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>triad-group</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:47:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Two-thirds of alcohol wipes contaminated</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of tested samples of alcohol prep pads tied to a massive recall, serious infections and death were contaminated with dangerous bacteria, including tainted products from eight of 10 separate lots, according to a new government report. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/24/6335098-two-thirds-of-alcohol-wipes-contaminated</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/24/6335098-two-thirds-of-alcohol-wipes-contaminated</guid><category>business</category><category>bacteria</category><category>alcohol</category><category>infections</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>triad</category><category>pads</category><category>wipes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>triad-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:26:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germs lurking in old makeup: It isn't pretty</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tracy Turnure's cosmetics collection doesn't quite qualify her for a spot on A&E's "Hoarders," but it's close. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Dahl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melissa Dahl]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/14/6266780-germs-lurking-in-old-makeup-it-isnt-pretty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/14/6266780-germs-lurking-in-old-makeup-it-isnt-pretty</guid><category>life</category><category>health</category><category>bacteria</category><category>makeup</category><category>cosmetics</category><category>cosmetic</category><category>mascara</category><category>creams</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-health</category><category>tracy-turnure</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:54:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110309-make-up-hoarding-bcol-4p.jpg.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110309-make-up-hoarding-bcol-4p.jpg.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tdy-110314-makeup-lady-11a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tdy-110314-makeup-lady-11a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>E. coli found on 50 percent of shopping carts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every day, parents blithely drop their toddlers into the baskets of shopping carts, never giving a moment’s thought to who might have had their hands on the handle last. Preliminary results from a new study show that may be a mistake. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6161283-e-coli-found-on-50-percent-of-shopping-carts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6161283-e-coli-found-on-50-percent-of-shopping-carts</guid><category>health</category><category>shopping</category><category>bacteria</category><category>cart</category><category>carts</category><category>fishman</category><category>handles</category><category>kids-and-parenting</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>neil-fishman</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:16:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-110228-shopping-carts-330p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-110228-shopping-carts-330p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A series of shopping carts at a retail store.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-110301-shopping-carts-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-110301-shopping-carts-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A series of shopping carts at a retail store.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents blame toddler's death on tainted wipes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The parents of a 2-year-old Houston boy who died from a rare infection are suing makers of recalled alcohol prep products, claiming contaminated wipes and swabs transmitted bacteria that caused his fatal case of meningitis. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/15/6057892-parents-blame-toddlers-death-on-tainted-wipes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/15/6057892-parents-blame-toddlers-death-on-tainted-wipes</guid><category>online</category><category>bacteria</category><category>infectious-diseases</category><category>triad</category><category>swabs</category><category>wipes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>harrisons</category><category>triad-group</category><category>shanoop-kothari</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:21:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlth-110214-kothari.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlth-110214-kothari.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The parents of a toddler who died after contracting a rare bacterial infection blamed on contaminated medical wipes have settled their lawsuit against the Wisconsin firms that made them.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dirty truth: Guys' pads have 15 times more germs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Turns out some pearls of wisdom are laced into Beyonce's hit song: “All the single ladies. All the single ladies. Now put your hands up. ...” ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Briggs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bill Briggs]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6051563-dirty-truth-guys-pads-have-15-times-more-germs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6051563-dirty-truth-guys-pads-have-15-times-more-germs</guid><category>education</category><category>coffee</category><category>bacteria</category><category>mens-health</category><category>bachelor</category><category>escobar</category><category>doorknobs</category><category>bachelors</category><category>surfaces</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:22:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-bachelor-pizza-1220p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-bachelor-pizza-1220p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Thirty-something man lying asleep on a sofa in his apartment.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>