Risk study finds 12% of spices were tainted by pathogens like Salmonella or by filth.
Study says online-obtained human milk often harbors high levels of pathogenic bacteria.
The 61-year-old Qatari man who has Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) had contact with farm animals, including camels, before his illness, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in confirming his case.
A San Francisco Costco store has recalled 39,755 pounds of chicken linked to a Salmonella outbreak.
Foster Farms has taken adequate contamination-control steps at three of its California plants linked to a multistate Salmonella outbreak to have the plants remain operational, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, according to an NBC News report yesterday.
The USDA told Foster Farms it will block plant operations if the company doesn't take quick action.
More on the current outbreak, including that DNA footprints match those of Salmonella outbreak earlier this year.
Multistate outbreak affecting hundreds highlights public health consequences of fed shutdown.
Government watchdog group says agency cut corners in assessing pilot inspection projects.
Progress is being made overall in achieving the targets set out by the Healthy People 2020 program for fully immunizing adolescents, but human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage is lagging and healthcare providers should use every opportunity to administer it, says a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
