Coronavirus symptoms will be somewhat minor for most people, but some patients will experience a more severe version of COVID-19 that can lead to respiratory complications and potentially death. Researchers have studied sections of the human genome from COVID-19 patients and compared it to healthy people. The scientists identified two spots that contain genes that…
Widely used drugs to control high blood pressure may help protect against severe Covid-19, a new study found, allaying concerns that they could make the illness caused by the coronavirus worse.Overall, patients with high blood pressure did have twice the risk of death and were more likely to need mechanical ventilation to help them breathe…
By Saumya Joseph(Reuters) - Widely used drugs to control high blood pressure may help protect against severe COVID-19, a new study found, allaying concerns that they could make the illness caused by the coronavirus worse.Overall, patients with high blood pressure did have twice the risk of death and were more likely to need mechanical ventilation…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared an end to a dual outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella traced to alfalfa sprouts and the seeds used to grow them. The outbreak traced to Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis, MN, and Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, OH, was unusual because it included more than one pathogen
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based