Foodborne Illness News

Posted March 30, 2010:

• Bile Sends Mixed Signals to E. Coli

Posted March 29, 2010:

• 'Hormone Therapy' for Food Poisoning Bacteria

Posted March 24, 2010:

• Nearly Half of States Need to Improve Foodborne Illness Outbreak Reporting, Experts Say

Posted March 23, 2010:

• A Two-in-One Test for Detecting E. Coli in Ground Beef and Other Foods

Posted March 17, 2010:

• Some 40 Percent of Surface Disinfectants Ineffective in Eliminating Viruses That Cause Gastroenteritis

Posted March 4, 2010:

• UK Scientists Devise Worldwide Food Alert System

Posted March 3, 2010:

• Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion Annually, Landmark Report Estimates

Posted February 25, 2010:

• Novel Way to Study Human Inflammatory Disease

Posted February 24, 2010:

• Campylobacter Bacteria in Cattle Manure May Survive Composting

Posted February 23, 2010:

• Gene Regulation: Can We Stomach It? New Technique Fights Against Cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer

Posted February 19, 2010:

• More Efficient Methods of Food-Recall Notices Needed, Expert Urges

Posted February 9, 2010:

• Biological Risks of Eating Reptiles

Posted February 1, 2010:

• How Virulent Food-Borne Bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes Induces Infected Immune Cells to Sabotage Their Own Defensive Response

Posted January 29, 2010:

• One Third of Milk and Dairy Products Tested in Spanish Restaurants Exceed Accepted Microbe Contamination Limits

Posted January 27, 2010:

• Nationwide Outbreak of Salmonella
• Helpful Yeast Battles Food-Contaminating Aflatoxin

Posted January 25, 2010:

• Two-Pronged Immune Response Offers Hope for Effective Salmonella Vaccine
• Canada's Food Safety System Fails International Comparisons, Expert Argues

Posted January 21, 2010:

• Phage Therapy May Reduce Salmonella Infection in Pigs

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Retail Meat Linked to Urinary Tract Infections: Strong New Evidence

Posted January 13, 2010:

• At Last -- Food Composition Explained!

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Food-Borne Illness: Researchers Redefine the Invasion Mechanism of Salmonella

Posted December 5, 2009:

• New Clues Into How Invasive Parasite Spreads

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Protection of Organic Products Taken to Next Level

Posted November 12, 2009:

• New Polls, Reports Highlight The Need To Update The US Food Safety System

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Teens Less Likely to Wash Hands When Cooking, More Likely to Cross-Contaminate Raw Food Than Adults

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Bug Barcode Readers Hold Out Promise Of Universal Vaccines

Posted October 5, 2009:

• Key Behavior Of Immune Response To Listeria Identified

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Frozen Assets: Decades-Old Frozen Infant Stool Samples Provide Clues To Norovirus Evolution

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Light, Photosynthesis Help Bacteria Invade Fresh Produce

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Pathogenic E. Coli Pervasive In Stream-Water Samples With Low Concentrations Of Fecal Indicator Bacteria

Posted September 21, 2009:

• New Way Deadly Food-Borne Bacteria Is Spread

Posted September 12, 2009:

• Listeria L-Forms: Discovery Of An Unusual Form Of Bacterial Life

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Disease-Causing Escherichia Coli: 'I Will Survive'
• Shining A Light On Disease: Tracking Light-Emitting Bacteria During Infection
• Large Majority Of Americans Want Stronger Food Safety Rules, Poll Finds
• Coconut Oil Extract May Be A Weapon Against Food Bacteria
• Essential Oils From Common Spices Are Possible Allies In Food Safety

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Designing Probiotics That Ambush Gut Pathogens

Posted September 4, 2009:

• How To Improve Vaccines To Trigger T Cell As Well As Antibody Response

Posted August 19, 2009:

• Friendly Gut Bacteria Lend A Hand To Fight Infection, Study Suggests

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Tobacco Plants Yield First Vaccine For Dreaded 'Cruise Ship Virus'

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Mango Seeds May Protect Against Deadly Food Bacteria

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Cannibalistic Cells May Help Prevent Infections

Posted July 22, 2009:

• When Food Gets Inspected And Recalled, Consumers May Not Get A Clear Picture Of The Process

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Identifying Diarrhea Causing Bacteria By Tiny Difference In Genes

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease

Posted June 15, 2009:

• Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines

Posted June 2, 2009:

• Listerosis And Vulnerable Groups Including The Elderly, Pregnant Women, Individuals With Weakened Immune Systems And The Newborn

Posted May 28, 2009:

• Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found In Fertilizer, Finds Study Of Swedish Sewage Sludge

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