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Whether it's nasty weather or an unfortunate tweezing incident, sometimes you just want to hide your head.

For her birthday last week, Arisa Brar, 13, asked her friends to forego gifts and instead put their money toward pledges for the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre.

South Carolina and Georgia are welcoming three endangered sea turtles being flown to the area after they were stunned in cold waters off the New England coast last year.

The United States banned selling turtles less than 4 inches across in 1975. That's because turtles carry salmonella bacteria that can infect humans.

Three pet turtles have been found abandoned in a supermarket car park in Portsmouth.

According to a study published in MSNBC News , children in 34 states have become severely ill from pet turtles.

At first blush, a baby turtle might seem like the perfect first pet for your kid.

Scientists now report that a salmonella outbreak in 2007-2008 was the largest such outbreak linked to turtles.

Safe co-sleeping with infants? At the recent ASTM International meeting, some final details were being worked out on a safety standardfor bedside sleepers--bassinet-like devices that connect to an adult bed, allowing the baby to be within arms reach of parents.

According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, pet turtles sparked a 2007-2008 salmonella outbreak.

Posted By Eagle_Eye 2 hours, 44 minutes ago in Health & Fitness Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.

Concerns over possible botulism contamination have prompted a recall of some apple and carrot portable pouch baby food made by Plum Organics of California.

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The symptoms are long gone, but now health officials have targeted a cause in what they're calling the biggest salmonella outbreak of its kind.

Researchers are now warning against keeping turtles as pets after statistic show 107 people have been sickened nationwide in the largest salmonella outbreak to be blamed on turtles.

A new report seeks to remind people that having pet turtles, still sold illegally in the U.S., isn't the best idea due to salmonella risk.

Chicago, Illinois - Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.

A researcher has identified the first Australian case of a captive turtle being infected with a highly contagious disease, which has the potential to spread to humans.

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