Thursday, December 29, 2011

What's in The News Today

A third infant has been struck with the rare bacteria "Cronobacter sakazakii." The child was fed a different brand of baby formula than Enfamil that was linked to the death of baby Avery Cornett in Missouri. The third case is from Oklahoma and the infant recovered fully. Enfamil has been tested, but does not seem to be the culprit. This bacteria can also be found: water, clothing, bedding, surfaces where the formula is prepared. The formula is the powered form and once rehydrated bacteria can grow.

CC. (December 28, 2011). third infant reportedly sickened by rare bacteria. Retrieved December 29, 2011, from  http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/28/third-infant-reportedly-sickened-by-rare-bacteria/?hpt=hp_t3



Jerry Brown the governor of California is weighing clemency to a grandmother. Shirley Ree Smith, 51was accused of shaking her grandchild to death. She was sentenced 15 years to life. Her defense has been that the baby died from Sudden Infant Syndrome (SID). The prosecutors claimed that Smith shook baby Etzel Glass at 7-weeks-old in 1996. The autopsy revealed that the baby's brain had a pool of blood in the brain.Two officials from the medical examiner's office stated "the cause of death was from violent shaking."

Los Angeles Times. (December 29, 2011). Gov. Jerry Brow weighs clemency petition for a grandmother. Retrieved December 29, 2011, from   http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-clemency-20111229,0,855448.story?track=rss

President Chavez of Venezuela is accusing the United States for giving him cancer and other leaders. He has stated that the  "U.S. has figured a way to give Latin American leaders cancer." He also suggested that "the technology that was developed from the U.S. can induce cancer." He thinks it's strange that "Chavez, Fernandez, Paraguay's Fernando Lugo, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff and former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have all been diagnosed with cancer recently."Fidel Castro former Cuban leader warned "Chavez that the U.S. developed technology, and not to be careless, and watch what you eat, and a little needle they can inject with I don't know what."

Wallis, D. (December 29, 2011). Venezuela's Chavez: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-did-u-latin-american-leaders-cancer-065103256.htmlDid U.S. give Latin American Leaders cancer? Yahoo!NEWS. Retrieved December 29, 2011, from

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