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Kashi recalls granola bars due to Listeria risk

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Kashi Company is voluntarily recalling Kashi® Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bars and Bear Naked® Soft Baked Granola, Cinnamon + Sunflower Butter in the continental United States because they contain ingredients...

Flesh eating disease is fleeing to Europe

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ALEPPO EVIL DOESN’T CARE ABOUT ALLAH’S WILL In the age of unknown microbes and deadly diseases caused by them, terrorism has a lot of different possibilities for any kind of asymmetric war. One of...

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Zika: Six out of 10 American women not worried about contracting the virus

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Sixty-two per cent of American women polled say that after taking into consideration both the risk of contracting Zika virus and the seriousness of the illness that they are not too worried or not worried...

Texas: Locally acquired chikungunya reported in Cameron County

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Texas health officials reported today the confirmation of the first locally acquired case of chikungunya in the state. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) says the patient is a Cameron...

CDC on the first mcr-1 gene in E. coli bacteria found in a human in the US

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is part of a coordinated public health response after the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the discovery of the first mcr-1 gene found in bacteria in...

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Zika sexual transmission: ‘More common than previously assumed’

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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday in updated guidance for the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus that mounting evidence has shown that sexual transmission of Zika virus is possible...

Zika virus: Discussions with Racaniello and Stone

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Zika virus was the main course on the May 29th airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show as two expert guests joined me to shed light and offer insight on things as varied as starting a Zika lab...

Food allergy advisory: LA Whole Foods Market notifies public of kimchi products with undeclared food allergens

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Whole Foods Market is issuing an advisory to customers who purchased Spicy Kimchi, White Kimchi, Kimchi Fried Rice and Kimchi Guacamole from one of its Los Angeles-area stores because the items contained...

Measles in Arizona: ‘An evolving situation’, additional case confirmed

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Arizona state and local health officials confirmed today an additional measles case, bringing the total to 11. The case stems from the outbreak at the private detention center in Eloy. The potential exposure...

‘Chickenpox’ Google searches decrease demonstrates vaccination effectiveness: Study

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Countries that implement government-mandated vaccinations for chickenpox see a sharp drop in the number of Google searches for the common childhood disease afterward, demonstrating that immunization significantly...