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NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak grows, hatchery-linked Salmonella , DRC cholera outbreak

 

FOOD OUTBREAK NEWS SCAN: Multistate E coli outbreak, E coli -related HUS in kids

 

NEWS SCAN: Resistant gonorrhea, FDA and ag antibiotics, chikungunya and dengue co-infections

Jun 6, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Hong Kong H5N1 update, Reportable Food Registry add-ons, Vietnam illness probe, measles in Israel

Jun 5, 2012

 

Study links viral GI illnesses to untreated wells

(CIDRAP News) – A study found that low-level viral contamination and a higher incidence of acute gastrointestinal (GI) illness were linked to nondisinfected municipal groundwater in Wisconsin, findings that researchers say could spur regulatory steps.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Early Salmonella egg warning, cholera vaccination in Guinea, veterinary training

 

NEWS SCAN: FDA fights ruling on ag antibiotics, poultry-inspection worries, TB vaccine grant, West Nile cost, H5N1 in live markets

 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonellosis from live chicks, response to 2011 Euro E coli crisis, Salmonella at dog food plant, imported measles

May 31, 2012

 

CDC: Poultry-linked Salmonella outbreak lasted 8 years

(CIDRAP News) – A nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to one US poultry hatchery has continued for 8 years, illustrating both the risk that chicks can pose to children and the difficulty of ridding hatcheries of the pathogen, according to a report released yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Poultry inspection debate, more HFMD cases, open access to studies, Muslim-backed polio efforts

May 30, 2012

 

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