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Shrimp sashimi found salmonella tainted at Hong Kong Thai restaurant

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The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced Thursday that a sample of shrimp sashimi taken at a Thai restaurant was found to be contaminated...

Maryland confirms first human West Nile virus case of 2014

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The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) Thursday announced the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Maryland this year. The infected individual is an adult who lives in...

Ebola Virus Disease

WHO issues Ebola outbreak ‘roadmap’, to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months

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The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further international spread. It also recognizes the need to address, in parallel,...

Pfizer’s Clostridium difficile vaccine candidate gets FDA Fast Track designation

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Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to the company’s investigational Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) vaccine candidate...

Japan reports two additional dengue fever cases, possibly linked to Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park

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Just a day after reporting their first autochthonous dengue fever case in decades, the Japan Times reports on two additional cases of the mosquito borne illness. Yesterday, it was reported that a teen...

Texas cyclospora outbreak linked to Mexican cilantro, appears to be over

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The Cyclospora illness outbreak being investigated by DSHS and local health departments in Texas along with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration appears...

Infant vaccination rates high nationally

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The vast majority of parents are making sure that their children get vaccinated against potentially serious diseases, according to data from CDC’s 2013 National Immunization Survey (NIS) – Children...

Smoked Prosciutto Speck recalled due to Listeria risk

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Concord Premium Meats Ltd. is recalling Marc Angelo brand Smoked Prosciutto Speck, product of Italy, from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the Canadian...

Ebola vaccine human trials could begin in September

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Unprecedented international consortium assembled to accelerate collaborative multi-site trials of candidate Ebola vaccine A candidate Ebola vaccine could be given to healthy volunteers in the UK, The...

Louisiana: Naegleria fowleri discovered in the St. John water system

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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced that its testing confirmed the presence of the Naegleria fowleri ameba in the St. John Water District 1 water system. This water system...