A recall of products containing cheese linked to a bacterial contamination reported this month expanded to salads and taco kits, officials say. The company, Rizo-Lopez, based in Modesto, California, recalled dozens of products related to the recall, saying that a listeria bacterial outbreak forced it to do so. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decadelong outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen, federal health officials said Tuesday. New lab and inspection evidence linked soft cheeses and other dairy products made by Rizo-Lopez Foods of Modesto, California, to the outbreak, which […]
Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe. Health officials are warning consumers, retailers and restaurants not to buy, eat or serve cantaloupe if they don’t know the source. That’s especially […]
Face mask mandates are back for some public spaces in the country. China’s CDC issued a new guideline directing people to wear masks to prevent infectious respiratory diseases. The notice ordered areas across the country to “carefully” implement it. First, when patients infected with infectious respiratory diseases are within 3 feet of others, COVID-19 tops […]
Described as a kind of pneumonia, the toll of its spread in China remains unclear due to Beijing’s tight control of information. We spoke to a few Chinese residents and here’s what they told us. In northern Liaoning province, a worker in the health supplement field said he’s seen a surge in death cases in […]
Is China seeing another comeback of COVID-19? Here’s a rare admission from top Chinese CDC expert Wang Huaqing. He said on Dec. 2 that COVID-19 is one of the main viruses driving the country’s current sickness outbreak between ages 15 and 59. Chinese authorities at first said mycoplasma pneumonia was the main driver, but later […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that pneumonia cases in the United States appear to be consistent with previous years among children, coming in the midst of a surge of reported cases in China. “As of today, we are not seeing anything that is atypical in terms of pneumonia-related emergency department […]
Should we be concerned about this new outbreak of pneumonia cases in China? Some lawmakers are already calling for action, with flashbacks of COVID-19. Speaking of which, the vaccines are back in the spotlight, with the Texas attorney general suing Pfizer. To discuss public health measures new and old, NTD spoke with DR. Scott Atlas, […]
Peaches, plums, and nectarines recently recalled nationwide following an outbreak of listeria were sent out to multiple major retailers across the country, as well as internationally in Canada and Mexico, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A public notice shared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that two people have died in Minnesota and 45 others have been hospitalized due to a salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe. A total of 99 people in 32 states have been sickened due to the outbreak as of Nov. 24, the CDC […]
Gills Onions in Oxnard, California has voluntarily issued a recall for its fresh pre-cut onions products including diced yellow onions, red onions, and mirepoix, due to possible Salmonella contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports. The recalled diced onion products, which have surpassed their August 2023 use-by dates, are no longer available in […]
Chinese top virologist Shi Zhengli, also known as “Batwoman” for her work on bat coronavirus research, warned that a future outbreak of coronavirus is “highly likely” in her recently published research article. Ms. Shi is the director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Her team has […]
Health authorities in Jamaica over the weekend issued warnings about a dengue fever outbreak with more than 500 suspected or confirmed cases so far. “The dominant strain is Dengue Type 2, which last predominated in 2010,” the Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness said in a statement Saturday via the government-backed Jamaica Information Service, which […]
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning among students at the University of Arkansas, with dozens reporting symptoms and five people needing treatment in the hospital. Among those affected are two 19-year-old sorority members who developed a serious complication that can lead to kidney failure after being infected with the E. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautioned Americans against coming into contact with small turtles after an outbreak of salmonella was recorded in at least 11 U.S. states. “Although any turtle can carry Salmonella germs that can spread to you and make you sick, turtles with shells less than 4 inches long are […]
Will there be another pandemic? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the answer is yes—and it will be deadlier than COVID-19. As a way to prepare for the outbreak, UN members states have agreed to begin drafting a new binding Pandemic Preparedness Treaty. But some lawmakers and legal experts in the UK and the […]
OMAHA, Neb.—The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. In addition to the cost of the government response that the USDA tallied up and rising prices for […]
Hospitals across China are still overwhelmed, but Beijing says the outbreak is over. The Chinese Communist Party announced over the weekend that the country’s current outbreak is coming to an end, but Chinese internet users posted a new round of video clips suggesting otherwise. A resident from Northern China’s Hebei province captured how a local […]
An update on China’s COVID-19 outbreak and how it’s hitting the country’s military. Related information is under strict control in China, meaning news about what’s happening is limited and difficult to access. But the official newspaper of the PLA or People’s liberation Army, shed some light on the situation in an article. The story said […]
