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Whole Chickens from Farmers Markets May Have More Pathogenic Bacteria
Raw, whole chickens
purchased from farmers
markets throughout
Pennsylvania contained
significantly higher levels
... > full story
Parasites in Cat Feces: Potential Public Health Problem?
Each year in the United
States, cats deposit about
1.2 million metric tons of
feces into the environment,
and that poop is carrying
with it what may be a vast
... > full story
Salmonella Infection Is a Battle Between Good and Bad Bacteria in the Gut
A new study that examined
food poisoning infection
as-it-happens in mice
revealed harmful bacteria,
such as a common type of
... > full story
Dangerous Strains of E. Coli May Linger Longer in Water Than Benign Counterparts, Study Finds
A toxin dangerous to humans
may help E. coli fend off
aquatic predators, enabling
strains of E. coli that
produce the toxin to survive
... > full story
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New Target Identified for Food Allergy Therapy
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have identified an enzyme that is essential to the allergic reaction to peanuts. Blocking the enzyme's activity in sensitized mice prevented diarrhea and inflammation, and reduced levels ... > full story -
Monoclonal Antibody Effective Against Norovirus
July 24, 2013 — Researchers have provided the first proof of concept data showing that a monoclonal antibody can neutralize human norovirus. This research could one day lead to effective therapies against the ... > full story -
Copper Nanoparticles Could Protect Food from Bacteria
July 24, 2013 — Scientists have found a new way to stop dangerous bacteria like E.coli before they attack. He embeds copper nanoparticles into vermiculite, an inexpensive, inert compound. Copper has been known for ... > full story -
Study Lays Groundwork for Norovirus Anti-Viral Treatments
July 22, 2013 — There's no vaccine to prevent norovirus, or drugs to treat the pesky virus that sickens millions each year and is known to complicate cruise ship vacations. But a first ever small animal model ... > full story -
Social Media, DNA Typing Help Identify Source of Foodborne Strep Outbreak
July 18, 2013 — Facebook posts helped alert public health officials to a strep throat outbreak among a high school dance team in 2012, and DNA fingerprinting led investigators to pasta prepared by a previously ill ... > full story -
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Probiotic Bacterium Lessens Severity of Salmonella Infections by Hoarding Iron
July 17, 2013 — Microbiologists have learned how a probiotic bacterium used to treat irritable bowel syndrome can soothe gut bacterial infections caused by salmonella, paving the way for potential relief from ... > full story -
Typhoid's Lethal Secret Revealed
July 10, 2013 — Typhoid fever is one of the oldest documented diseases known to have afflicted mankind but what makes it so lethal has remained a mystery for centuries. In a new study, researchers offer an ... > full story -
New Kind of Antibiotic May Be More Effective at Fighting Tuberculosis, Anthrax, and Other Diseases
June 3, 2013 — Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis -- a severe food-borne illness -- eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, say scientists who ... > full story -
Faster Method to Identify Salmonella Strains Developed
June 3, 2013 — A new approach may be able to reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains, according to ... > full story -
Investigators Link Poultry Contamination on Farm and at Processing Plant
May 31, 2013 — Researchers have identified a strong link between the prevalence and load of certain food-borne pathogens on poultry farms, and later downstream at the processing ... > full story
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