The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday advised people not to eat raw oysters harvested in Washington state, citing bacterial illnesses that have sickened people on both coasts.On Friday, the state Department of Health recalled all oysters in the shell harvested after July 13 from closed areas in two bodies of water near Seattle -- Hood Canal and south Puget Sound. The recall did not affect packaged oysters.More than 70 cases of vibriosis have been reported this year in people who ate oysters in Washington, the highest number since 1997, when 58 cases were reported, Health Department spokesman Tim Church said.The agency has received reports of peop...

The Utah Department of Health has scheduled a public hearing to receive comment on the department's fiscal 2008 budget and the state's use of the federal Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.

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Oregon, Washington and California governors to work together to improve Pacific Ocean health

WASHINGTON (Reuters):The State Department is investigating "anomalies " in its unclassified computer system, the agency said on Tuesday, declining to comment on a report that the department's comp...

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After a number of health violations were found, a nursing facility in Franklin has been cited by the state health department.