A study shows promise for future victims of botulism poisoning, which is a particularly dangerous foodborne illness that can quickly paralyze respiratory muscles causing suffocation.
The botulism antitoxin heptavalent (BAT) therapy described in a new
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An emerging body of scholarship argues that machine learning and artificial intelligence can solve food safety enforcement. By mining tweets and Yelp reviews, health departments can target inspections more effectively. With much fanfare, health
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A researcher in search of treatments for potentially fatal E. coli infections says the impossible is now plausible because of stem cell technology and organoids of intestinal tissues.
Antibiotics are frequently not recommended for patients
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Scientists have made a discovery which could lead to finding ways to stop the spread of certain bacteria that cause food poisoning.
Many bacteria can swim, allowing them to infect and spread in the case
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Scientists from the University of Glasgow in Scotland are reporting they have found a way to treat E. coli O157 infections without causing serious side effects.
The study, published in Infection and Immunity, looks
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Researchers from a German institute have expanded knowledge about produce harboring antibiotic resistance genes that often escape traditional molecular detection methods.
These antibiotic resistance genes might evade cultivation-independent detection, but could still be transferred to
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Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of Food Safety Education Month.
Since its founding as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
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Researchers reported yesterday that a specific strain of E. coli found in 80 percent of the retail poultry and pork they tested matches the strain found in patients with urinary tract infections. Routine testing at
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States and territories have been steadily building their epidemiology staffs, but they collectively need another 1,200 to reach “full capacity” in terms of several key health areas, including foodborne illnesses and other infectious diseases.
One
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The application of genomics is reducing the number of people who become ill from foodborne infections, according to Public Health England.
PHE made the comments in a paper on the transition to use of whole
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The USDA has given more than $450,000 for a research project designed to increase the safety of certain commercially farmed oysters from the Gulf Coast that are “bound for the premium half-shell market.”
A marine
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