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Physicians are often frowned upon by people in other professions, especially in the US and in other developed parts of the world.…

Officials in Denmark are investigating a deadly outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 that has affected more than a dozen people. The outbreak began in December 2021 and includes 13 patients with a possible common source of infection, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). Nine people have been hospitalized and an elderly patient…

Foodborne botulism has been linked to two deaths in an Argentinian province. The Ministry of Public Health in Misiones reported the two fatalities and at least four other cases occurred this past week in the village of Andresito. The four ill people, including three adults and one child, are being treated in the intensive care…

“They took away something that I was waiting for almost eight years of my life.” Over the course of their first eight years of marriage, South African Thenjiwe Dodo and her husband tried to have a child. In 2018, after eight years, and eight miscarriages, Thenjiwe was one month away from delivering her firstborn. Thenjiwe…

According to research from the University of California-Davis, concerns over foodborne risk from certain wild birds may not be as severe as once thought by produce farmers.  The study, titled “A trait-based framework for predicting foodborne pathogen risk from wild birds” published in the journal Ecological Applications, found that the risk of foodborne pathogens being…

“The typical story is that somebody is lying down in bed, and they experience a real spinning sensation like they’re on a carousel,” explains Clifford Hume, M.D., associate professor of head and neck surgery at the University of Washington and a researcher at the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center. “The sensation usually lasts for…

A growing number of people in today’s population suffer from sleep problems. Several factors contribute to this problem, from the use of…

A sink is one centerpiece of the bathroom. It is important that it is practical and fits the style of your bathroom.…

The trial of Paul Kruse, a scion of the family that has run Blue Bell Creameries since 1919, has again been postponed. Federal Judge Robert Pitman signed an order delaying jury selection by 140 days, now setting it on Aug. 1 immediately before the trial begins.    The U.S. District Court for the Western District…

Owners of a Roanoke, VA, restaurant chain have closed one location and are filing bankruptcy for two others in relation to a deadly hepatitis A outbreak that swept through the community this past fall. At least four people have died, more than 50 were sickened and 36 people were hospitalized in the outbreak associated with…