The source of Germany’s largest foodborne outbreak in history, which resulted in at least 11,200 sick school children, has been identified as frozen, imported strawberries
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Over the past two weeks, British Columbia has been in a tizzy over the proposed Animal Health Care Act, legislation that prohibits certain parties from
Superbug is a big word for a tiny creature. The title is hyperbolic and perhaps more news-friendly than the title “multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria”, but
We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since
A bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Senate and awaiting approval in the House would take steps at bringing HIV testing policy in Massachusetts into
I wager that last week, your twitter feed was dominated by tweets tagged #StopKony or #Kony2012. If you don’t use twitter, perhaps Kony bombarded you
According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in
On January 24, the United Nations refugee agency reported the detection of five cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Three cases were
The Dec. 12 edition of the Pakistan Daily Times warns of avian influenza, or H5N1, “looming” over the country. In June 2011, the Pakistani government
Every year public health officials, doctors and advertisements outside of Walgreen’s remind us to get our flu vaccines. But a recent report in the Lancet