On the Dec. 18 airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I looked a new study by researchers from Kansas State University that looked at the food safety habits of TV celebrity chefs. “I think...

About 18 months ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began looking into screening blood donors for the parasite, Babesia microti. Officials say that B. microti is the highest-ranking pathogen...

Currently, Babesia microti is the highest-ranking pathogen that is transmitted by blood transfusion in the U.S. for which no donor screening is available, according to the Food and Drug Administration...