Measles outbreaks spotlight need for national registry
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-outbreaks-spotlight-need-for-national-registry-1.2654402
Measles outbreaks across Canada could increase unless a national vaccination registry and other preventive steps are taken, a Canadian medical journal editorial argues. Measles will not remain within provincial borders because it has such a high ...
Measles, mumps outbreaks put Ohio at center of nationwide surge in vaccine ...
http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2014/05/measles_mumps_outbreaks_put_oh.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio? An outbreak of measles in the Amish community in central Ohio, which has now infected 83 people, has thrust the state into the national spotlight in a most unwelcome way: we are now host to the largest measles outbreak in the country ...
E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts; hummus, dips, walnuts recalled
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/22/health/hummus-walnuts-recall/
Preliminary investigations indicate the likely source of this outbreak are raw clover sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts LLC of Idaho, the CDC said. The state departments of health in Washington and Idaho are telling consumers not to eat raw ...
A Short History on Mexican Restaurant E. coli and Salmonella Outbreaks and ...
http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/foodborne-illness-outbreaks/a-short-history-on-mexican-restaurant-e-coli-and-salmonella-outbreaks/
Fuego's Tortilla Grill Restaurant in College Station Texas voluntarily shut down last week amid an investigation by the Brazos County Health Department into an outbreak of a food-borne illness. Health department officials said they started looking into ...
Two children, four adults from North Lakes area hit by measles outbreak
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/two-children-four-adults-from-north-lakes-area-hit-by-measles-outbreak/story-fnihsrf2-1226933261770
Metro North Public Health Unit public health physician Dr Madhu Chatterji told The Courier-Mail the source of the outbreak was not yet clear, but warned that thousands of people could have been exposed to the disease at the Brisbane Entertainment ...
Centralization of the Food Industry is Causing Widespread Contamination ...
http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/05/centralization-food-industry-causing-widespread-contamination-outbreaks/
In fact, the incidences of outbreaks have only seemed to become more common in recent years. In 2011, Listeria monocytogenes bacteria on cantaloupes spread to 28 states and killing 33 people. Two years later, in 2013, an antibiotic-resistant strain of ...
Ohio measles outbreak largest in USA since 1996
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/13/ohio-measles-outbreak/9031175/
A measles outbreak in Ohio has reached 68 cases, giving the state the dubious distinction of having the most cases reported in any state since 1996, health officials say. The Ohio outbreak is part of a larger worrisome picture: As of Friday, the ...
Food Inspectors Use Restaurant Review Websites To Spot Outbreaks Of Food ...
http://www.hngn.com/articles/32215/20140526/food-inspectors-use-restaurant-review-websites-spot-outbreaks-borne-illness.htm
Making maximum use of these reviews, researchers from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene looked to see whether they could use outbreaks of food-borne illness as a sign that restaurants aren't up to sanitation codes. For the study ...
