A cellular recycling process can help combat Salmonella, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
This process, called autophagy, could also prevent other bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shigella, and Staphylococcus from developing. The
Continue Reading Researchers look at how human cells combat Salmonella
There were an average of 100 food and waterborne outbreaks per week in Europe, according to the 2017 zoonoses report.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority
Continue Reading ECDC: Average of 100 outbreaks per week in 2017
Salmonella Bovismorbificans was the most common serotype confirmed in October in New Zealand, according to monthly surveillance data.
The total number of human Salmonella isolates (95) confirmed last month decreased compared to the figure in
Continue Reading NZ surveillance data reveals common Salmonella serotypes
Foodborne outbreaks affected more than 2,000 and killed nine people in Australia in 2012, according to the latest OzFoodNet annual report.
OzFoodNet sites reported 144 outbreaks of foodborne and suspected foodborne illness involving 2,117 people
Continue Reading More than 2,000 ill and nine dead in Australian outbreaks
At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments.
Laboratory tests have confirmed Shigella infection
Continue Reading Health departments investigate caterer in shigellosis outbreak
Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak this week.
At least eight
Continue Reading Souplantation restaurant implicated in shigellosis outbreak
With 177 shigellosis cases reported between March 1 and Oct. 26 from Michigan’s Genesee and Saginaw counties and no source yet identified, state and county health officials have called on the Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading Shigella investigators in Michigan bring in help from CDC
Public health and school officials in Randolph County, MO, are investigating an outbreak of Shigellosis that they have been quietly monitoring for weeks.
The county health department issued a news release Monday, more than three
Continue Reading Shigellosis outbreak at elementary school kept quiet for weeks
Along with the highly publicized lead contamination of its water supply, Flint, MI, also bears the dubious distinction of having the highest number of Shigella cases in the state. The Genesee County Health Department has
Continue Reading Shigella infections hit record high in beleaguered Flint
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still wanted to
Continue Reading 2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
