by admin | Dec 16, 2019 | Bacteria, Outbreaks
Originally Published by The Livingston Ledger Twelve people in a five-state outbreak of E.coli believed to be linked to contaminated soy nut butter. One of those who became ill was a 13-year-old New Jersey girl. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by admin | Nov 5, 2019 | Bacteria, Preventing germs
Originally Published by Harvard Health Publishing If you’re the kind of person who avoids public bathrooms at all costs, you may feel validated, as well as disturbed, by a new study from researchers at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University. They...
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Antibiotics, Bacteria, Germs
Originally Published by Horizon – The EU Research & Innovation Magazine Finding ways to enlist the bacteria living in our bodies to defend against infections while better understanding their role in promoting antibiotic resistance are key to fighting this...
by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | Bacteria, Infection prevention
Originally Published by 2News WDTN A Texas mother is warning parents about how a common childhood illness almost killed her son. Rachel Barker says she didn’t give it much thought when her son, Hunter, dished out a complaint she had heard before. “He woke up Monday...
by admin | Aug 23, 2019 | Bacteria, Outbreaks
Originally Published by CNN Health A deadly strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 250 people may not respond to the antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat the foodborne infection, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In its...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Bacteria, Outbreaks
Originally Published by Newsday.com Investigators continue to search for the source of the E. coli contamination in the Long Beach water system that Friday caused Nassau County health officials to issue a boil-water alert, as well as issue safety recommendations to...
