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Final Report: 22 Sickened in Bay Area Burma Superstar E. Coli Outbreak

By James Andrews on November 5, 2013

A total of 22 people in San Francisco fell ill in August in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Burma Superstar, a restaurant in the Richmond neighborhood, according to an outbreak report released Monday…
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Social Media Apps Use Twitter to Track Illness Outbreaks

By Beth Krietsch on August 19, 2013

The opportunity to use social media platforms to report and track foodborne illnesses is becoming increasingly feasible as more and more people use social media to discuss the ins and outs of daily life. In…
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Tracking Down the Source of Outbreaks: It’s Complicated

By Helena Bottemiller on August 15, 2013

At an FDA lab in Denver, Microbiologist Melissa Nucci preps for testing peanut butter samples for Salmonella. Photo courtesy of FDA’s flickr. With a globalized food supply brought to us by increasingly complex supply chains,…
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Publisher’s Platform: It is Past Time to Step Up on Foodborne Illness Surveillance

By Bill Marler on July 29, 2013

Cyclospora outbreak going on since June 1 and we do not know the source. Did you hear the joke about the two doctors and a trial lawyer? I am sure there might be something funny…
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Cyclospora Outbreak Highlights Differing Epidemiology Philosophies

By James Andrews on July 25, 2013

As state and federal officials continue working to pinpoint the source of the June Cyclospora outbreak that sickened at least 275 people in the Midwest, one prominent epidemiologist has criticized the investigation’s speed and effectiveness.
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Public Health: Are We Too Slow?

By U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 9, 2013

This article was co-authored by Dr. Kathleen Vidoloff, Emergency Risk Communication Officer for Oregon Public Health Division, and Dr. Jean O’Connor, former Oregon Deputy Public Health Director. One of the many roles of public health…
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Hawaii E. coli Outbreak Offers Lesson on Challenges of Epidemiology

By James Andrews on May 1, 2013

More than a month after the Hawaii State Department of Health announced an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 on the island of Oahu, epidemiologists at the agency say they still hope to determine the source…
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CDC Launches iPad App Game for Playing Outbreak Detective

By News Desk on February 21, 2013

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a “Solve the Outbreak”  iPad app that lets people play disease outbreak investigator, as if they were in the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). According to…
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More Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Contaminated Mangoes

By News Desk on August 30, 2012

Health officials today reported 2 more Salmonella illnesses linked to mangoes imported from Mexico, bringing the case count up from 103 — as reported yesterday — to 105. The 2 newly recorded illnesses were in…
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Publishers Platform: How can we stop outbreaks earlier

By Bill Marler on July 22, 2012

Looking at the Salmonella Tuna Scrape (they really need a better name for it) outbreak numbers yesterday, it got me spending some of my day at work today looking at CDC data over the last…
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