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Recall from Blue Bell Ice Cream has now been expanded to include 3-ounce cups over fears of possible bacterial contamination. The cups were distributed in almost half the country. Spokespersons for Memorial Hermann and Texas Children's said they have removed chocolate, vanilla and strawberry individual ice cream cups, soon after they learnt about Blue Bell's latest recall.

This is the first time when the Texas Medical Center has become a Blue Bell-free zone. Most hospitals that serve it have excluded it from their food service selections.

According to Blue Bell officials, the individual-serving cups with pull-tab tops in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla were sent to food-service accounts in 23 states. They are not sold in convenience stores and supermarket.

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence is preparing to declare a public health emergency in Scott County over an HIV outbreak Thursday.

Health officials have confirmed 72 cases of HIV in Scott County and seven other people have been preliminary positive for HIV infections. According to state epidemiologist Pam Pontones, IV drug use has been determined as the mode of infection in nearly all the cases.

Pence said Wednesday that although he opposes needle exchanges as part of drug-control policy, he is listening to health officials to determine the best way to stop the outbreak.

Rates of babies born at a healthy weight have increased and Pepin County has reached a number two position in health rankings of Wisconsin's 72 counties for having residents reaching a ripe old age.

The western Wisconsin county has seen a rapid rise in its rankings of the annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. Pepin County was positioned at number 31 just two years ago for its health outcomes of residents living past 75 and babies born over 5½ pounds.

Rusk County could not maintain its position in its senior longevity, which was the cause for its falling 15 ranks. The county was placed in the state's bottom four. For the rankings, data was used from 2010 to 2012 and birth weight statistics from 2006 to 2012.

American actress Angelina Jolie underwent surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes to cut her cancer risk. In her op-ed in New York Times Tuesday, Jolie wrote that she underwent a double mastectomy two years earlier after a blood test revealed that she carried a gene mutation, BRCA1 gene.

She mentioned that the gene leads to 87% chance of her developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer.

The actress revealed that she the actress revealed that she had lost her mother at age 56 after battling breast cancer for a decade. She also mentioned that her grandmother and aunt have also died to cancer.

The Cincinnati Bengals star Devon shared some amazing news about his daughter Leah on Wednesday. Devon wrote that his four-year-old daughter Leah, who has been bravely battling stage-4 Neuroblastoma for the past year, was told that her cancer is in remission.

"'Today we received news from Leah's oncologist that her cancer, stage four Neuroblastoma, is officially in REMISSION!", Devon wrote on Instagram.

He stated that after 296 days of waiting for the day when doctors would say that his daughter is in remission, he is more than happy to hear the news.

Expressing his joy, the footballer said that there is really no way to describe the feeling because he never this feeling would be so exciting for him.

Several students and staff members at Homewood High School underwent tests for tuberculosis on Wednesday after a freshman at the school was diagnosed with the disease.

It was told that the officials with the Jefferson County Department of Health administered the tests. The tests were conducted in two parts.

In the first phase of the test each patient was given a shot of protein derivative in the forearm. The vaccination causes a small bump on the skin which looks like mosquito bite.

Part two phase of the test starts after 48 to 72 hours of the first phase. If the bump has gone away, the patient is considered negative.