CDC: Oklahoma 1 of 25 states reporting 'widespread flu' outbreaks
http://kfor.com/2014/01/13/cdc-oklahoma-1-of-25-states-reporting-widespread-flu-outbreaks/
The season usually begins in the winter months and peaks in January or February. The only atypical thing seen this year is that the most common strain has been H1N1, which became known as swine flu during a 2009 outbreak. MORE: Oklahoma flu facts, ...
Researchers take first look at outbreaks tied to toxic algal blooms
http://www.marionstar.com/article/20140113/NEWS01/301130023/Researchers-take-first-look-outbreaks-tied-toxic-algal-blooms
Most algal blooms are not dangerous, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency says. The CDC looked at 11 outbreaks ? all of which sprung from recreational activities during the summer months ? in 2009 and 2010. Six of the 11 outbreaks examined by ...
Salmonella Outbreaks Keep on Coming
http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/salmonella-outbreaks-keep-on-coming/
Salmonella Outbreaks On Jan. 10, a news release was issued by Tyson Foods, Inc. recalling almost 34,000 pounds of chicken. That's a lot of chicken. If you'd like a visual, think of four adult elephants on a truck scale. That's about how much 34,000 ...
Costa Rica Reports Fowl Typhoid Outbreaks
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/31166/costa-rica-reports-fowl-typhoid-outbreaks
COSTA RICA - The Costa Rican veterinary authorities have reported six outbreaks of fowl typhoid in five commercial layer farms located in Alajuela and one in San Jose. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received a second follow-up report ...
Public health watches foreign outbreaks because diseases move
http://www.theprovince.com/travel/Bugs+will+travel+Public+health+watches+foreign+outbreaks+because/9384962/story.html
An outbreak of in 1981 is a perfect example of how travel can spread disease. That year, an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis zipped around the globe along airline routes, says Dr. David Morens, a medical historian with the National ...
Diagnosing Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/01/diagnosing-foodborne-illness-outbreaks/
Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source. Such events occur relatively frequently and create ...
Antimicrobial therapies linked to neonatal infection outbreaks
http://yottafire.com/2014/01/antimicrobial-therapies-linked-neonatal-infection-outbreaks/
Administration of antibiotics may have caused successive outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a Greek neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study in the issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official ...
Deadly US Flu Outbreak May Be Linked to Cold, Dry Air
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/flu-shots-advised-as-viruses-s/21831003
Health officials continue to urge residents to get their flu shots as half of the United States reports a widespread outbreak. Flu cases have been reported in every state, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
