Cantaloupes from Colorado are the source of listeria infections. I was just enjoying my cantaloupe and now I have to wonder whether to trust it or not. " “Listeria monocytogenes is commonly found in soil,...
A new study shows increases in C-Diff outbreaks in the southeast US. Both MRSA and C-Diff are resistant to common antibiotics. C-Diff or Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that attacks the colon and...
created by Liz McKibbon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1256 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
By, Uwe Paschen. H1N1 has entered the second wave here in Japan. In Narita Grade 1 and grade 3 students have to stay home since Tuesday due to several new cases in those grades. The School has not yet been closed;...
created by Uwe Paschen | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 5944 views | 92 recommendations | 10 comments
In case of zombie attack, human must attack quickly and aggressively to avoid the doomsday scenario of zombie domination, says science.A study conducted by researchers at University of Ottawa and Carleton University...
Swine flu (H1N1) has spread to 46 countries with nearly 13,000 cases, reports the World Health Organization (WHO). " The organization says 46 countries have now reported a total of 12,515 cases and 91 deaths. About half of all cases are in the United States." The most recent...
created by cyn.khoo | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1460 views | 26 recommendations | 11 comments
I'm starting to get immune to all the news on the H1N1 virus. It's here, right in my city, and I just have to deal with it, without allowing other people's panic take control of my life. This story caught me...
created by Mary Richard | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 383 views | 58 recommendations | 4 comments
Fresh off her insane claim that President Obama wants mandatory re-education camps for young people, Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann tried to slyly infer that the swine flu has only occurred...
This according to Grist:"The outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1,000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68. The World Health Organization warned Saturday that the outbreak could reach global pandemic levels....
created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 193 views | 34 recommendations | 1 comment
The death toll from the swine flu outbreak in Mexico rose to 149 people, with 1600 suspected cases as the result of the recent H1N1 virus outbreak. There are confirmed cases in the U.S., Canada, and now Spain....
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1452 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
Two people have been arrested in Mexico City today for selling flu masks on the street for 25 times their regular price. Surgical masks are a hot ticket item right now as people try to cover their faces from the deadly swine flu outbreak. A 35 year-old woman and her 15...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago 350 views | 36 recommendations | 1 comment
A massive polio vaccination initiative has begun in Western Africa. Over 150 thousand people have been sent out to administer the immunization to more than 53 million children under the age of 5. Nigeria has been the...
created by Karenke4 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 322 views | 16 recommendations | 2 comments
Bolivia is currently seeing its worst outbreak of dengue fever in 22 years. "The outbreak has already killed five people in the east of the country and infected more than 7,000. " The region of Santa Cruz,...
created by Marisa Olivia | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 346 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
In an effort to prevent the potentially fatal outbreak of bird flu, China has instituted a daily bird flu reporting system. Provincial departments are now required to report on the status of their jurisdictions,...
created by Karenke4 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 216 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
A woman has died in China from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second death this year. Zhang lived in Jinan, Shandong Province and was 27 years old; it is unknown how long she had the virus for or where she...
created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 190 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Peanut butter products are being recalled after a salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds of people across the US. The Peanut Butter Corporation of America, or PCA, has been identified as the source of the...
created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 31518 views | 21 recommendations | 7 comments