WHAT: Medical investigators found Serratia marcescens bacteria contaminating the intravenous nutritional supplement given to nine patients who died and 10 others who became ill at six Alabama hospitals.HOW: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspect the fatal bacteria was introduced during the mixing of a liquid nutritional supplement called Total Parenteral Nutrition at Meds IV Pharmacy in Birmingham.
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Two beaches in San Mateo remain closed more than a week after unsafe levels of bacteria were detected in the water there, a health department spokeswoman said today.Routine testing by health officials found a high level of contamination in the Marina Lagoon at Parkside Aquatic Park and Lakeshore Park, county health systems spokeswoman Jan Ogar said.
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