Foodborne pathogens - Study finds climate hazards can aggravate over half of...
A recent article posted to the journal Nature Climate Change demonstrated that climate change could aggravate about 50% of recognized human pathogenic illnesses.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - A Hotter World Means More Disease Outbreaks in Our Future
As global temperatures have risen in recent decades, so have the number of outbreaks of infectious diseases. SARS, MERS, Zika, West Nile, COVID-19, and now clusters of...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Dozens in China Infected With New ‘Langya' Virus...
Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened by a newly identified virus from the same family as the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, though there's no evidence the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Endocarditis Tied to Whopping Mortality Risk Within Years
Danish hospitals logged alarmingly high mid-term mortality rates in infective endocarditis despite improvements in identifying culprit pathogens in recent years, sending a...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Michigan tracking E. coli cases
Public health officials in Michigan are warning residents of rising cases of E. coli infections. Officials in Ottawa County report that they are tracking nine cases of...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Poultry contact behind Australian Salmonella outbreak;...
Researchers have detailed the first widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry in Australia. Between May and August 2020, an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Cyclospora patient count grows in outbreak of unknown...
Federal officials report that the number of patients in an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite have increased by more than a dozen in the past week. The Food...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability
Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Ohio State University and is republished here with permission. The author is Barbara Kowalcyk, Kevin's mother. Kevin...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Children sick in Scottish E. coli outbreak
Scottish officials are investigating a number of recent E. coli infections that have affected children. E. coli O157 has sickened an unrevealed number of young people in the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Using insurance to regulate food safety and save...
Editor's note: This piece was originally published by The Regulatory Review and is republished here with permission. Insurance underwriters can help farmers manage the risk of...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Following Birth Hospitalization: Invasive Bacterial...
To assess the incidence rate of invasive bacterial infections in preterm infants and compare IBI rates and pathogens between preterm and full term infants 7-90 days.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - A growing cluster of E. coli cases is reported by local...
Ohio's Wood County is experiencing an uptick in E. coli cases. The Wood County Health Department reports three years of E. coli cases have occurred just during the past...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Watermelon suspected in Norwegian Salmonella outbreak
A Salmonella outbreak in Norway with almost 20 people sick has been linked to watermelon. Folkehelseinstituttet reported that of 13 ill people interviewed so far, all of them...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Scientists expand knowledge on Arcobacter risk to health
A study has added to the evidence of Arcobacter being detected in food products but the significance of the findings are still unclear. Several species of Arcobacter are seen...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - FDA's new proposed food-safety ag water rule no slam dunk
COMMENTARY - “Like getting the rug pulled out from under us.” That's how some farmers react when hearing about the FDA's sudden and unexpected change in food safety...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - E. coli outbreak in Scotland linked to nursery
Almost 30 cases of E. coli infection have been linked to a nursery in Scotland. NHS Lothian is part of a team investigating 28 cases of E. coli linked to Pear Tree Nursery on...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Why a Century-Old Vaccine Offers New Hope Against...
The B.C.G. tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid-19 and other infections by broadly bolstering the immune system.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Why a century-old vaccine could offer a new hope...
The Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin vaccine has long been known to have broad effects on the immune system, and is still given to infants in the developing world and in countries...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Investigations are ongoing in Michigan, and Ohio as...
Officials in Michigan are investigating almost 100 cases of E. coli infections in the state including a cluster of illnesses reported this past week in Ottawa County. The 98...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - The BCG vaccine against COVID-19 and other infectious...
A recent article demonstrated that BCG vaccinations might offer a platform for protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and other pathogenic infections in type 1 diabetics.
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