Sabra hummus products recalled over Listeria concerns and other top stories.

• Sabra hummus products recalled over Listeria concerns

  Story highlightsListeria monocytogenes were found in a plant but not in tested products, the FDA saysThe products were distributed in the United States and CanadaThe products were manufactured before November 8 at a plant where Listeria monocytogenes have been found, but the bacteria has not been found in products that have been tested, the FDA said. The products were distributed to retail outlets in the United States and Canada.Consumers are urged to discard any product with a "Best Before" dat..

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• Your ATM dispenses bacteria

  

  Probably the best reason to wash your hands regularly is that the world is covered in feces. New York City is par ticularly gross, and some of the most shared surfaces of this spendfriendly city are automated teller machines. Quite appropriately, the good scientists at New York University tested them for microbes. The study, published in the journal mSphere and conducted between June and July 2014, took swabs of keypads from 66 ATM machines from Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, ranging ..

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• Ready-to-eat chicken sold in Minnesota recalled

  

  Ready-to-eat chicken sold in Minnesota recalled KARE 11 Staff , KARE 2:53 PM. CST November 19, 2016 Stock photo grilled chicken breast Thinkstock Images WASHINGTON - Wayne Farms, LLC, a Georgia company, has recalled 4,059 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products due to undercooking.The USDA released information about the ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast items. They were produced on Aug. 1, 2016 and Aug. 29, 2016. The chicken was sold as 9-lb. foodservice bulk cas..

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• Alabama hunters cautioned to beware importing CWD infected deer

  

  Though Alabama is one of the best whitetail deer states in the nation, there's an undeniable appeal for many hunters to visiting other areas during the deer season, particularly those in the Midwest and in Canada where deer get a whole lot bigger and grow larger racks than those found anywhere in the South. But this year that can be a bit of a problem for any hunter who does not carefully follow the new regulations put in place by Alabama's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADC..

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• People are rushing to get IUDs before Trump takes office. That's not a good sign.

  

  Dr. Anne Davis doesn't usually talk politics with her patients. But last week, she didn't have a choice. In the week since Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump, Davis' New York City gynecological practice has been inundated with patients. "I got an email this morning that said, 'To be honest, I'm pretty terrified about birth control given the results of Tuesday. I'm looking into an IUD, which should cover the next five years,'" Davis said in a phone interview. "Forg..

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• Two diabetes types are very different

  

  Q. What are the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? A. Twenty-nine million Americans live with diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes is an abnormality in the body's blood-sugar levels caused by the body's inability to produce enough insulin. As a result, the body will have high levels of sugar in the blood, as insulin is responsible for converting starches, sugar, and other food into the energy your body needs to properly function. T..

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• UN agency lifts Zika emergency, prepares for long-term fight

  

  GENEVA (AP) — Acknowledging Zika is “here to stay,” the United Nations health agency on Friday lifted a 9-month-old emergency declaration and prepared for a longer-term response to the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe neurological defects in newborns whose mothers were infected. The World Health Organization was quick to note that the move does not mean the agency is downgrading the threat of the virus that has spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Nearly 30 co..

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