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H5N2 has turned up on 2 more South Dakota turkey farms, and Iowa has a new suspected outbreak.
The Italian nurse's infection represents the first exported case since March.
Mechanically tenderized beef will need to be so labeled by May 2016, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The new labeling requirements cover raw or partially cooked beef products, the FSIS said in a statement.
"This commonsense change will lead to safer meals and fewer foodborne illnesses," said USDA Deputy Undersecretary Al Almanza.
Researchers study alternatives for quick licensure and how stepped-up strategies might help.
The Midwest adds another state to those with outbreaks, this one on a farm housing 1.7 million layers.
Immunizing pregnant women rated as best pertussis defense for infants
Experts in Geneva map out research plans, and US advisors meet about vaccine licensure.
Three cases were reported May 9, and the 9 new cases today include 4 that may represent a household cluster.
High-path H5N8, previously found in the US only in the West, has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Indiana.
Veterinary officials in Burkina Faso and Turkey reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks, as their counterparts in Taiwan reported that highly pathogenic H5N2 has struck 10 more locations, according to separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Evidence from Minnesota supports airborne spread as a dead owl in Wisconsin is found to harbor H5N2.
Iran reports its first case since last July as the CDC posts an alert for upcoming travel to Saudi Arabia.
The ongoing outbreak of cholera in Haiti that began in late 2010 has led to a dramatic rise in cases over the past 6 months, with nearly 12,000 reported already this year. The rate is only expected to soar further when the rainy season starts next month and as international aid dries up, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) story yesterday.
Experts say lessons learned should make the world more prepared for future emergencies.
Experts say H5N2 is changing its transmission pattern, raising the possibility of barn-to-barn spread through the air.
Blue Bell Creameries, which has been linked to 10 listeriosis cases in four states in an outbreak that spans several years, had evidence of Listeria in its Oklahoma plant as early as March 2013, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report today said, according to an Associated Press (AP) story.
H5N2 reappears in Missouri after more than a month, and Iowa reports 6 new outbreaks.
The two nations saw only 18 cases last week from just a few hot spots.
A potentially promising way to lower the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections is to fight fire with fire, in the form of oral doses of a nontoxigenic strain of C diff, according to a report yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Iowa has 3 new outbreaks and Minnesota 2, while feds free up $330 million for response.
