Healthcare

JERUSALEM - H.J. Heinz Co. today announced that it is sending scientists to Israel to investigate an infant formula that has been linked to the deaths of three babies there, Dow Jones newswire reports.

WASHINGTON - American shoppers are increasingly aware of the role food and nutrition play in managing and maintaining health, and they're taking a variety of actions to meet their self-care objectives, according to a new study by the Food Marketing Institute and Prevention magazine, "Shopping for Health 2003: Whole Health for the Whole Family."

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway and a team of breast cancer experts from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) have joined together to increase awareness about breast cancer in San Francisco and San Jose.

LOS ANGELES - More than half of striking pharmacists at Vons and Pavilions stores in Southern California have crossed picket lines to return to work as the grocery strike shows no sign of ending.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Shaw's Supermarkets Inc. on Friday announced the launch of "ducklings," a program that provides pregnant women and moms with children up to five years old coupons and valuable information. The program is available to Shaw's Rewards Card holders.

DURHAM, N.C. - Aiming to advance the knowledge and understanding of life-threatening food allergies, Food Lion has donated $250,000 to the Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center here in support of Duke's new Children's Food Allergy Education Program.

PHOENIX - Albertsons has agreed to provide birth-control pills and other contraceptives to thousands of female employees rather than fight a lawsuit by Arizona workers who accuse the company of sex discrimination, according to a published report in the Arizona Republic.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc. has announced that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided not to establish a large-scale, national flu vaccination program this season and, therefore, will not be offering FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) in its pharmacies this year.