As in previous years, the latest federal data on trends in foodborne illness rates are a mixed bag. “The overall outlook is that there is some good news and I
According to Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network’s report on foodborne illness in 2013, clinical laboratories used culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) to detect more than 20,000 infections. Now, the
Over the past year, you may have noticed that antimicrobial resistance information has been incorporated in the outbreak reports put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest report card on the trends in foodborne illnesses on Thursday, and, in general, not much has changed from
When news broke this past fall of two separate Salmonella outbreaks tied to Foster Farms chicken, one of the most noteworthy aspects of each outbreak was the number of patients
Foodborne bacteria cause more illnesses among children than adults, according to new estimates. A study published this week in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal finds that children less than five
Numbers are usually called trends after a year. After more than a decade, numbers can point up real problems or they just become more interesting.
That may be why FoodNet,
Salmonella and Listeria continue to be the leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the United States, according to a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The
While the United States has made progress in keeping E. coli O157:H7 at bay in the food supply, it hasn’t made much headway in combating Salmonella, health officials