Food Fight

Today, The Center For Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)released the conclusions of a study conducted since 1990 in which scientists kept a record of the number of outbreaks and the number of reported...

Uk Suffers From the Effects of the Winter Vomiting Virus

The winter vomiting virus bug, otherwise called Norovirus, has started to create problems with hospitals and GPs reporting an increasing number of patients presenting with symptoms attributable to this bug.There have been instances of wards being forced to close to contain...

Vomiting bug sweeps UK

 What with train travel problems and winter vomiting lots of people here in the uk have still to return to work after the Christmas and New Year break - some people are heeding doctors warning to stay off...

US restaurant case demonstrates how virus spreads

"The case demonstrates how easily and quickly a virus -- in this case a norovirus -- can spread and shows how standard cleaning does a poor job of eliminating viruses. One of the workers vomited into a trash can and then continued preparing food, including an appetizer...

Dangerous Voyages-Cruise Ship Accidents

With the recent grounding of the "Empress of the North" in the news, I'd like to bring to light the issues of cruise ship accidents. Let me first state that by no means am I an expert on the cruise ship or travel...

Stomach virus likely caused Olive Garden illnesses

"A contagious stomach virus is likely to blame for sickening about 370 people who ate at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis last week, a county health official said on Monday.Stool tests of three Olive Garden employees and one customer were positive for a norovirus, a...

Norovirus Outbreak Kills 2 in Washington

"AP - A viral outbreak at a retirement center has left two people dead and sickened more than 40 residents and workers, authorities said."

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