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Darwin’s raw dog food recall: Salmonella and E. coli O128 risk

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Darwin’s Natural Pet Products of Tukwila, Wash., a manufacturer of fresh raw meals for dogs, Monday announced it is voluntarily recalling a total of four lots of products after testing showed that some...

Salmonella outbreaks in Sweden: Salmonella Kentucky; Cat infections

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Salmonella Kentucky Officials with the Swedish Public Health Agency, or Folkhalsomyndigheten are reporting two situations of increased numbers of salmonella infections. Since October 2017, officials report...

Botulism: 29 confirmed foodborne cases in the US in 2016, most linked to Mississippi outbreak

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published the National Botulism Surveillance Summary for 2016 and reported 29 confirmed foodborne botulism cases that year.  Among the foodborne...

Children with autism and their younger siblings less likely to be fully vaccinated

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Children with autism and their younger siblings are significantly less likely to be fully vaccinated than the general population, according to new Kaiser Permanente research published today in JAMA Pediatrics. “In...

Indiana reports increase in hepatitis A cases, many linked to Kentucky outbreak

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Indiana health officials, state and local, are responding to an increase in hepatitis A cases in southern counties, many of which are tied to a large outbreak in Kentucky. In the last month, 17 cases...

TB: 86 percent of New York City tuberculosis patients born outside US

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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released a new report on tuberculosis (TB) cases in New York City in 2017. The new report indicates that TB cases have increased 10 percent from...

Investigational ‘machine learning’ models developed to predict a patient’s risk of developing C. difficile

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Every year nearly 30,000 Americans die from an aggressive, gut-infecting bacteria called Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which is resistant to many common antibiotics and can flourish when antibiotic...

Staphylococcus aureus gene involved in virulence, biofilm formation and resistance to certain antibiotics: Study

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An Institut Pasteur-CNRS research team has characterized a Staphylococcus aureus gene involved in virulence, biofilm formation and resistance to certain antibiotics. These results open up new avenues...

Salmonella risk prompts recall of King Arthur Flour Company Organic Coconut Flour

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King Arthur Flour Company is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity (6,300 cases) of Organic Coconut Flour (16 oz.), after testing revealed the presence of Salmonella in 1 pouch of Organic Coconut...

Mini Eclairs recalled over Listeria risk

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Poppies International, Inc. of Battleboro, NC is issuing a voluntary recall of selected Delizza Belgian Custard Cream Mini Eclairs 30 Count products that were made during March 5-9, 2018 because they...