Several cereals, granola bars and other snack foods were recalled in December. The company added more products to the list this week.The Quaker Oats Company added more products this week to a recall that started last month over possible salmonella contamination, raising the total number of products to more than 60.Quaker Oats, which is owned by PepsiCo, initially recalled 43 products, including granola bars, cereals and various snack foods. On Thursday, the company added 24 products to the list.The newly recalled items include Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, Gatorade protein bars, Cap’n Crunch bars, Quaker Simply Granola Cereals, Gamesa Marias Cereal and other cereals.“To date, Quaker has received no confirmed reports of illness related to the products covered by this recall,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in December. It is unclear if any illnesses have been reported since then.It was not immediately clear how the potential contamination occurred or how or when it first came to the attention of federal regulators or the company. Quaker Oats did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.On its website, the company listed the recalled products and provided an option to request reimbursement.Customers should check their pantries for any of the products and dispose of them, the F.D.A. said.Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.Common symptoms of salmonella include fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, which may be bloody. In rare cases, salmonella can get into the bloodstream and result in more severe illnesses, such as infected arteries, according to the F.D.A.Individuals who are exposed usually start to feel sick six hours to six days later. Most infections are mild and last between four and seven days.Other recent salmonella-related recalls have been linked to a variety of foods, such as vegetables, fruits and meats. At least two people died in a salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in November.Salmonella bacteria cause about 1.35 million infections, 26,500 hospitalizations and 420 deaths in the United States every year, according to the C.D.C.

Target, CVS and Rite Aid are pulling products from shelves after federal investigators found unsanitary conditions and recommended a recall.Federal health officials are advising consumers to stop using more than two dozen over-the-counter eyedrops products because of a potential risk of eye infection that may lead to partial vision loss or blindness.The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on Friday flagging 26 eye care products including eyedrops and gels from CVS Health, Leader (Cardinal Health), Rugby (Cardinal Health), Rite Aid, Target up&up and Velocity Pharma.The federal agency recommended on Wednesday that the manufacturer recall all lots of those products after agency investigators found unsanitary conditions in a manufacturing plant, according to the news release from the F.D.A. Bacterial tests came back positive from critical drug production areas in the plant, which the agency did not immediately identify.The F.D.A. said that it had not received any reports of infection associated with these products, but it was encouraging health care professionals and patients to report any cases to the agency.It’s imperative that these products are sterile, regulators said, because drugs applied to the eyes bypass some of the body’s natural defenses.The F.D.A. said consumers should properly discard these products by taking them to a drug take-back site or by checking whether a product was included on the F.D.A.’s “flush list” of drugs that can be safely discarded at home.CVS, Rite Aid and Target are removing the products from their stores and websites, the agency said. Products branded as Leader, Rugby and Velocity may still be available in stores and online and should not be purchased, federal regulators said.Rite Aid confirmed through a spokeswoman that it was removing “applicable Rite Aid branded products” from store shelves. A CVS spokeswoman said that the retail chain “immediately stopped the sale in-store and online of all products supplied by Velocity Pharma within the CVS Health Brand Eye Products portfolio,” and that customers could return those products for a full refund. The other retailers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.There have been other recent reports of problems with eye products.In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the F.D.A. warned consumers to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears and Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears. The eyedrops were linked to a drug-resistant strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which was linked to at least four deaths and vision loss in 14 patients.Apotex, a Canadian Pharmaceutical company, recalled prescription eyedrops in March after some bottle caps developed cracks, which could compromise the product’s sterility.Experts say that eyedrops are generally safe to use. By 2024, 123 million Americans are projected to use eyedrops, according to Statista, a market research firm.

The company that makes the chairs has received reports of falls resulting in nearly a dozen injuries, such as bruises or scratches.More than 85,000 highchairs sold online and at retailers across North America are being recalled after reports of two dozen falls related to the chairs, according to federal regulators.TOMY International, a toy and nursery company, is voluntarily recalling about 83,000 Boon Flair and Flair Elite model highchairs in the United States and an additional 2,850 that were sold in Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.The bolts used to secure the seat to the base can loosen and become a falling hazard, the commission said. The company said it had received 34 reports of the chair’s separating from the base. Two dozen of those cases led to falls resulting in 11 injuries, such as bruising or scratches.The company and federal regulators recommend customers stop using the chairs and contact TOMY for a free repair kit, which can be ordered at the company’s website.“We want to ensure that your child has only the safest products we can offer and will work to remedy this situation promptly — with your child’s safety and your trust in mind,” the company said in a statement.The chairs were sold online and at brick-and-mortar stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Target and Toys “R” Us.The Flair Elite models were sold from 2008 to 2009. The Flair models were sold from January 2008 through February 2017.Customers can check the model numbers on the chairs to determine whether they were part of the recall.

It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had to cut back services or close.A ransomware attack this week on a California-based health care system forced some of its locations to close and left others to rely on paper records.The system, Prospect Medical Holdings, which operates 16 hospitals and more than 165 clinics and outpatient centers in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Southern California, announced the cyberattack on Thursday.A Prospect Medical spokesman could not estimate on Saturday when services would return to normal. It was not immediately clear how many of the system’s sites were affected.On its website, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, an affiliate of Prospect Medical, listed locations that would be closed until further notice, including a medical imaging center, an urgent care facility and an outpatient blood-draw center, among others.CharterCARE Health Partners, a Rhode Island affiliate, said on Facebook Thursday that it had to reschedule some of its appointments and to revert to paper records. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that computers were also down at Crozer Health facilities in Delaware County.“Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. recently experienced a data security incident that has disrupted our operations,” the company said in a statement on Saturday. “Upon learning of this, we took our systems offline to protect them and launched an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity specialists.”The company said it was focused on “addressing the pressing needs of our patients as we work diligently to return to normal operations as quickly as possible.”It did not provide details on the nature of the security breach.Waterbury Hospital, in Waterbury, Conn., said on Saturday that it was continuing to have disruptions. It also said that some of its outpatient and diagnostic imaging services had not been available on Friday or Saturday. On Thursday, it said it was relying on paper records.Cyberattacks on hospitals have become more common, said John Riggi, senior cybersecurity adviser to the American Hospital Association.In 2022, One Brooklyn Health, a hospital group that serves low-income neighborhoods in New York, was hit by a cyberattack that also forced staff members to use paper records. Employees said at the time that it was a learning curve, given that most hospitals have been using electronic records since the 1990s and that some diagnostic test results were coming back slower because of the cyberattack.CommonSpirit Health, which has more than 140 hospitals and more than 700 care sites nationwide, was the target of a cyberattack last year that led to postponed surgeries, doctor visits and other delays in care, NBC reported. And in 2020, Russian hackers launched a ransomware attack on United Health Services, which has at least 400 facilities, making it the largest attack of its kind at the time.Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, in part because the coronavirus pandemic brought many more health care services online, Mr. Rigi said.“We’re relying more on cloud-based services, remote third parties,” Mr. Riggi said. “So all of these things are done with good intention — ultimately to improve patient care and to save lives. But the unintended consequence of this is that it has expanded dramatically our digital attack surface.”Hospitals and clinics typically use third parties to write code and develop the technology for these systems, so it’s imperative these third parties deliver secure technology, he said.

People who became ill reported eating lean ground beef that was sold at ShopRite locations in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, the C.D.C. said.A salmonella outbreak linked to lean ground beef sold in ShopRite stores in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has left 16 people sick, including six who were hospitalized, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Ground beef that was labeled 80 percent lean was the only common food that the people who became ill in the outbreak reported eating. Investigators are working to identify the source of the ground beef, the agency said in a release. One person also reported salmonella illness in Massachusetts, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known cases, the C.D.C. said.Nine of the 16 people who reported being ill purchased ground beef from different ShopRites, and the source of the remaining seven cases has not been determined, ShopRite said in a statement.The illnesses occurred between April 27 and June 16, and no new illnesses have been reported since then. Ground beef is still available at ShopRite, and the U.S. Agriculture Department has not recommended a recall, ShopRite said.It’s not uncommon for ground beef to be associated with salmonella bacteria, which can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps. Salmonella germs live in the intestines of people and animals and can be spread through contaminated water, food and the surfaces where food is prepared.Salmonella is killed when beef is cooked to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and eating undercooked ground beef can cause make people sick.It’s not just uncooked or undercooked meat that are susceptible to contamination; over the last few years, salmonella outbreaks have also been tied to produce and vegetables.Red onions grown in California were linked to an outbreak affecting more than more than 640 people in 43 states in the United States and Canada. The outbreak was connected to products shipped from May to August of 2020, and cases continued to surface into the fall of 2021.In 2018, a salmonella outbreak was linked to precut melons from a food distributor in Indiana, prompting the recall of products in eight states.