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NEWS SCAN: FDA strategic plan, West Nile in Europe, ricin threat

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera update, FBI anthrax probe, food recalls, flu viruses and vaccine

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli update, norovirus on a plane, new food-safety tool, global flu, chikungunya vaccine

Aug 12, 2011

 

Cases in turkey Salmonella outbreak rise to 107

(CIDRAP News) – The case count in the outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella linked to ground turkey has risen to 107, up 29 from a week ago, following the identification of a second Salmonella DNA fingerprint in the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.

Robert Roos

NEWS SCAN: E coli in Michigan, malaria in US military members, polio rise in Pakistan, post-polio syndrome in UK

Aug 10, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: EU boosts pathogen research, Haiti travel alert, antibiotics in livestock, anthrax in Vietnam, sperm-free mosquitoes, polio in India

Aug 9, 2011

 

USDA offers new approach for tracing animal diseases

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today proposed a new system to improve the tracing of diseased and at-risk livestock, aiming to replace a previous national animal identification program that met widespread opposition from livestock producers.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Strawberry E coli outbreak, beef grinding and Salmonella, mass anthrax prophylaxis, measles hits refugees

Aug 8, 2011

 

Reports profile secondary E coli cases in German epidemic

(CIDRAP News) – Two Eurosurveillance reports yesterday shed new light on secondary infections in Europe's Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak, suggesting that the pathogen isn't more transmissible than other similar strains and that it can lose its extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Oyster-related illnesses, avian flu outbreaks, addressing vaccine mistrust

Aug 5, 2011

 

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