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• Wisconsin, Illinois and More States Found Positive for Rat-Transmitted Seoul Virus

  Transmitted from rats to humans, the Seoul virus has now been found to have spread not only in Wisconsin and Illinois but in other states as well, including Michigan, North Dakota and Utah.

• Products from Jessica Alba's Honest Company contain harmful ingredient causing health problems, lawsuit alleges

  The popular home and personal care products under Jessica Alba's The Honest Company are the subject of a lawsuit after they were found to contain a harmful chemical called sodium laurel sulfate.

• Feds Handle Chipotle Allegations: Investor Files Lawsuit Against Mexican Food Chain

  Chipotle food-borne illnesses outbreaks call for Feds. Investors sue the food chain. Chipotle is facing many allegations since the beginning of the year.

• Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak

  The former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for his role in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, a rare instance of jail time in a food contamination case.

• Fatal heroin overdoses on the rise in New York City

  The number of deaths from accidental overdoses of opioid drugs has steadily risen in New York City since 2010, in part because of an apparent resurgence in heroin use, according to data released on Thursday by the city's health department.

• Nancy Writebol, Kent Brantly virus-free thanks to mysterious cure; CDC says US hospitals record 68 Ebola scares

  NBC News said both Writebol and Brantly received an experimental drug called ZMapp to help them recover from the disease. The news outlet however, stressed that they are not the first people who have recovered from the deadly virus, and the fact that they were given quick, immediate medical attention and are treated in the country's finest infectious disease facilities had been major factors in their recovery.

• Sierra Leone chief doctor dead of Ebola as two Americans get infected with deadly virus

  The Associated Press has received confirmation from chief medical officer Dr. Brima Kargbo that Dr. Shek Umar Khan has succumbed to the virus after he was hospitalized for Ebola infection. He has been leading a team in West Africa in treating patients who have been infected with the virus. Aside from Umar, the virus has claimed over 670 across the African region this year alone.

• Bankrupt pharmaceutical giant settles meningitis claims in $100 M accord

  In a filing made yesterday on behalf of New England Compounding Pharmacy Inc's court-appointed trustee, the drug supplier is seeking to gain approval of a $100 million agreement to settle claims stemming from a meningitis outbreak the company had caused, Bloomberg reported.

• Bullied victims are more likely to carry weapons to school - study

  A report based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data found out that an estimated 250,000 students had been carrying weapons in schools to fend off their bullies within the last 30 days of the survey conducted, CBS 5 News Channel reported.