The outbreak has sickened 8 women in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota, the CDC says.
At least 25 people in 9 states have been sickened in a new Salmonella outbreak.
So far the CDC probe hasn't pointed to a specific food type to guide consumers.
About 11% of a population sampled in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) immunoglobulin G antibodies, providing serological evidence of Ebola prevalence in populations not currently experiencing an Ebola outbreak.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded two new cases of MERS-CoV in Riyadh in recent days.
On Jan 5, a 48-year-old Saudi man from the country's capital was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) after presenting with symptoms. He is in stable condition. The MOH said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS-CoV.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced that, for now, it won't enforce four rules related to the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a law passed in 2011 that signaled the biggest overhaul in the nation's food safety laws in 70 years.
A CDC official says though cases are still being reported, the pace of new reports appears to be slowing.
Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 17 people in 13 states, and preliminary tests by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the outbreak strain is closely related to one in Canada that has been associated with romaine lettuce.
In response, the FDA said it has already made headway in fixing the problems and will take further steps in 2018.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is advising people in five eastern provinces to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an ongoing Escherichia coli outbreak associated with that type of salad greens. In a statement yesterday, the PHAC said continued reports of illnesses suggest that contaminated romaine lettuce may still be on the market.
