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Scotland records large decline in outbreaks from overseas

By News Desk on June 16, 2020

The number of overseas outbreaks involving people returning to Scotland halved in 2019 compared with the year before, according to a new report.

In 2019, there were 36 potential outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in…
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Cyclospora, Giardia infections fall but Crypto climbs in Scotland

By News Desk on September 26, 2019

A huge decline in Cyclospora infections has been reported in Scotland in 2018 compared with previous years.

​A total of 12 laboratory reports of Cyclospora were received by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) in 2018, compared…
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Germany had almost 900 foodborne outbreaks last year

By Joe Whitworth on August 14, 2019

Almost 900 suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported in Germany last year including one due to Salmonella with almost 200 ill and another from Listeria that continued into this year with 100 infections.

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Foodborne infection increases in the Netherlands

By Joe Whitworth on July 9, 2019

Foodborne infections in the Netherlands increased from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent report.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) found a rise in norovirus, Cryptosporidium spp. and rotavirus. The…
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Mixed picture for foodborne illnesses in Scotland

By News Desk on May 23, 2019

Shigella and norovirus increased but Listeria, Hepatitis A and E declined last year, according to gastrointestinal surveillance reports published by Health Protection Scotland (HPS).

In 2018, there were 115 reports of Shigella infections in Scotland.…
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What sends this natural-healing mom straight to the doctor?

By Helen Sanders on September 26, 2017

Editor’s note: This guest opinion column was originally published on www.healthambition.com and is reprinted here with permission.

I’d say most of us have joked at some point that we’d love to have a tapeworm that…
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UK Names Top 5 Countries for Travelers’ Diarrhea

By News Desk on December 15, 2010

The United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) Tuesday revealed the top five countries where travelers from England, Wales and Northern Ireland are most likely to acquire gastrointestinal infection following their visit: Egypt, India, Thailand, Pakistan,

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