Food handlers cause 70% of norovirus outbreaks
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/03/norovirus-most-common-foodborne-illness/9894565/
Norovirus, the USA's leading cause of foodborne illness, has become known as the "cruise ship virus" for causing mass outbreaks of food poisoning ? and misery ? on the high seas. Yet only about 1% of all reported norovirus outbreaks occur on cruise ships.
CDC: Norovirus outbreaks most often linked to infected food handlers
http://barfblog.com/2014/06/cdc-norovirus-outbreaks-most-often-linked-to-infected-food-handlers/
In 1968, one of these winter vomiting sickness outbreaks occurred in an elementary school in Norwalk, OH. Teachers and students were both affected, with 32% of the primary cases spreading illness to others in their families and homes. After a ...
Restaurants, food service outlets chief cause of norovirus outbreaks, CDC says
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/06/restaurants_food_service_outle.html
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded an alarm on norovirus on Tuesday, calling on restaurant and other food service staff to prevent outbreaks by practicing good hygiene and staying home when they're sick. Norovirus is the leading ...
Anti-Vaxxers Are Responsible for the Worst Outbreaks America Has Seen in Years
http://www.policymic.com/articles/90281/anti-vaccine-truthers-are-causing-the-worst-outbreaks-america-has-seen-in-years
The news: There have been a whopping 288 cases of measles in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and May 23 of this year. That's the largest outbreak in the first five months of a year the nation has seen since 1994. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The New Measles Outbreak: Blame the Anti-Vaxxers
http://time.com/136870/measles-antivaxxers-outbreaks/
Make no mistake, the measles outbreak in the U.S. is an act of choice, of election, of a decision to get sick?or a decision by parents to put their children at risk. Fully 90% of the new cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination ...
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 ...
Anti-Vaxx Truthers Are Causing the Worst Outbreaks America Has Seen in Years
http://www.policymic.com/articles/90281/anti-vaxx-truthers-are-causing-the-worst-outbreaks-america-has-seen-in-years
The news: There have been a whopping 288 cases of measles in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and May 23 of this year. That's the most outbreaks in five months the nation has seen since 1994. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a ...
Raw milk outbreaks on the rise, CDC warns
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/05/raw_milk_outbreaks_on_the_rise.html
The outbreaks follow a growing grass roots movement in support of raw milk, with some proponents in Congress, and an increase in consumption, though raw milk drinkers remain a small minority. "At this point, we think a very small fraction of milk ...
