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Meat recalled after two state residents sickened HARTFORD — State and federal regulators are warning residents that ground beef purchased from farmer’s markets and Connecticut farms has sickened two people and should be avoided. Both people who consumed the meat have been hospitalized for e.coli and released after treatment. The Connecticut Department of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Adams’ Slaughterhouse in Athol, Massachusetts is recalling veal, bison and beef products that have tested positive for Escherichia. Consumers in other states have also become sick after eating the meat. An investigation revealed the ground beef consumed by patients in Connecticut was traced to Adams’ Slaughterhouse. The facility slaughters, processes, and packs beef products for some small producers here in Connecticut. Some of these producers only sell their ground beef products directly at the farm or at farmers’ markets throughout the state. DPH encourages consumers w...

Early Exposure to Antibiotics Augments Allergy, Eczema Risk Rates of hayfever and eczema are higher in children exposed to antibiotics in the first 2 years of life than in unexposed children, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis. "We strongly suggest physicians take this into account when they prescribe antibiotics, especially for children in early life," said lead investigator Fariba Ahmadizar, PharmD, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. For their meta-analysis, presented here at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2016, Dr Ahmadizar and her colleagues examined cohort, case–control, and cross-sectional studies published between January 1966 and November 2015. They looked at 21 studies involving 394,517 children with hayfever, 22 studies involving 229,080 children with eczema, and 12 studies involving 64,638 children with both. Overall, early antibiotic exposure was associated with an increased risk for ...