The top five germs that cause illnesses from food eaten in the United States are norovirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter and Staphylococcus aureus, aka staph.
Some other germs don’t cause as many illnesses, but when
Continue Reading CDC names top five foodborne illnesses in United States
The mathematics are not simple, but IBM scientists have come up with methodology for analyzing retail scanner data from grocery stores against the locations of confirmed cases of foodborne illness to dramatically speed up foodborne
Continue Reading IBM scientists say big data can speed outbreak investigations
