Outbreak Investigation

  • Salmonella Outbreak Reported in 42 States
    Reuters is reporting today that an outbreak of foodborne illness caused by salmonella has sickened 388 people in 42 states. To read the complete news item from Reuters via Yahoo! News, CLICK HERE. To read updated information from the CDC, CLICK HERE.  ...More
    January 7, 2009
    Posted in News
  • SDI and MedImmune Announce Study on Geographically Specific, Seasonal RSV Disease Outbreak Data
    SDI, a leading disease surveillance and healthcare informatics organization, in partnership with biotechnology company MedImmune, has announced the publication of a study on the variances of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season between major U.S. metropolitan areas. ...More
    December 15, 2008
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Hospital Superbugs on the Rise Despite Prevention Efforts, Study Shows
    Although infection control has been substantially ramped up in Canadian hospitals since the SARS crisis of 2003, resistant bacterial infections post-SARS are multiplying even faster, a new Queen's University study shows.Led by Queen's University epidemiologist Dr. Dick ...More
    November 7, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Rethinking Who Should Be Considered 'Essential' During a Pandemic Flu Outbreak
    Not only are doctors, nurses, and firefighters essential during a severe pandemic influenza outbreak.  So, too, are truck drivers, communications personnel, and utility workers. That's the conclusion of a JohnsHopkinsUniversity article to be published in the journal of ...More
    October 4, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Is the Salad Bar Safe? Produce Concerns Linger after Summer Scares
    COLUMBIA, Mo. – Widespread reports had most people afraid to eat tomatoes this summer and when tomatoes were vindicated, eating peppers became a fear. A University of Missouri food safety expert says there is only so much that can be done to assure produce is safe to ...More
    September 22, 2008
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Study Shows No Connection Between MMR Vaccine and Autism
    In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset were unrelated to MMR vaccine timing. Study findings were reported ...More
    September 4, 2008
    Posted in News
  • FDA Extends Consumer Warning on Serrano Peppers from Mexico
    Laboratory testing by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that both a sample of serrano pepper and a sample of irrigation water collected by agency investigators on a farm in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico (business address is in Nuevo Leon, Mexico) ...More
    July 31, 2008
    Posted in News
  • FDA Makes Genetic Match with Hot Pepper Sample Implicated in Salmonella Outbreak
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that one jalapeno pepper sample is a positive genetic match with the Salmonella Saintpaul strain causing the current Salmonella outbreak.The positive sample was obtained during an FDA inspection at a produce ...More
    July 22, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Salmonella Outbreak Worries U.S. Consumers
    In the wake of the most recent salmonella outbreak related to tomatoes and now possibly hot peppers, plus a number of outbreaks linked to various contaminated produce items, many American consumers are scrutinizing the veggies they eat, and are in favor of a better ...More
    July 18, 2008
    Posted in News
  • FDA Lifts Tomato Ban
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that red, raw tomatoes are once more safe for consumption, even as the federal agency continues its investigation of the source of the salmonella outbreak which sickened more than 1,000 people since April. For the complete ...More
    July 17, 2008
    Posted in News
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