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" TORONTO — Bacteria embedded deep inside slicing equipment at Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) may be to blame for the deadly listeriosis outbreak that caused 13 deaths, CEO Michael McCain said Friday night at a hastily-scheduled news conference. An investigation has...Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab
This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right..."Worms-Under-Skin" Disease Puzzles Scienists
Is it caused by a bacteria or fungus?To the nearly 10,000 families suffering from the symptoms Morgellons disease, it doesn't matter. The disease, blamed on everything from alien abductions and government...Community Associated MRSA Found to Have Evolved from a Single Strain
A study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of NIH, reports that CA-MRSA infections are caused mostly by a single strain, known as USA300, of an evolving bacterium.
Scientist Creates Life!
In their biggest step to making a real life girlfriend, scientist Craig Venter of genome fame, has claimed to create the first artificial life source thereby becoming the first scientist to reproduce. Seriously,... Health alert warns of tainted ground beef
This new alert, just issued, so far affects consumers in the Northwest and Alaska. Officials advise shoppers to check their freezer for older packages."Federal and state officials are warning consumers to be on the...New Potentially Deadly Bacterium Discovered
What do cat scratch disease, trench fever of WWI, and a US fever-stricken woman traveling from the Peruvian Andes have in common? Well, particular species of the bacterium genus Bartonella, one of the most common...Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic
"MOSCOW -- A virulent strain of tuberculosis resistant to most available drugs is surfacing around the globe, raising fears of a pandemic that could devastate efforts to contain TB and prove deadly to people with immune-deficiency diseases such as HIV-AIDS. Known formally as... Hundreds die from deadly bacteria in Israel
"Doctors said an antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as Klebsiella pneumoniae has killed as many as 200 patients in hospitals across Israel.
Elderly patients and people with weak immune systems are particularly... Germ outbreak reported at L.A. hospital
"A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said. White Memorial Medical Center shut down the...Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed. Thousands of people died each week and...North Korea zone
A zone for discussion and information exchange about North Korea.CIA World Factbook on North Korea
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