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The Deadliest Virus

(HarvardMagazine) Bird flu (H5N1) has receded from international headlines for the moment, as few human cases of the deadly virus have been reported this year. But when Dutch researchers recently created an even more deadly strain of the virus in a laboratory for research purposes, they stirred grave concerns about what would happen if it  Read More »

Food Safety Remains on GAO’s ‘High-Risk’ List

(FoodSafetyNews) Food safety remains on the Government Accountability Office’s “high-risk” list, according to an update put out by the agency Thursday. As GAO noted in its report, the U.S. government is the “world’s largest and most complex entity” that runs an incredibly diverse range of programs, so the agency uses its high-risk list to draw  Read More »

CDC Reports More Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Chicken

(FoodSafetyNews) At least 124 people are now known to have been sickened in the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to chicken, reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday. The announcement was made after Oregon and Washington’s state health departments announced early that day that they had recorded 56 and 43 illnesses linked  Read More »

With Sequester, USDA Would Have “No Choice” But to Furlough Food Safety Inspectors

(FoodSafetyNews) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House have caused quite a stir in food and agriculture circles by warning that budget sequestration could lead to a two-week furlough of federal meat inspectors, which would effectively halt American meat and poultry processing.

New hope in fight against multi-resistant germs

(EurekAlert) An increasing number of bacteria is evolving antibiotic resistance. Much-feared representatives of this steadily growing group include Staphylococci strains. At this point, multi-resistant forms of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus – the “hospital germ” known commonly by its acronym, MRSA – can only be treated with a select subset of antibiotics as many drugs have  Read More »

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