The first COVID-19 infections in Italy date back to at least January, according to a scientific study presented on Friday, significantly pushing back the date the virus started ravaging the country and shedding new light on the origins of the outbreak in the region. Italy has suffered more deaths due to the CCP (Chinese Communist…
North Texas has more than 6,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. Four out of five deaths reported Friday occurred at long-term care facilities, Dallas County health officials announced. The patients were ill at local hospitals before dying from complications related to COVID-19, officials said. The victims are a man and woman in their 80s…
Many countries have declared restrictive measures, such as lockdown, shelter in place, or stay at home orders, to contain the pandemic at a local level. However, the wildly differing responses and response timelines have left people wondering if authorities failed to take the situation seriously early on when they could have done more to slow…
PTI, Bengaluru, Apr 24 2020, 18:25 ist updated: Apr 24 2020, 18:28 ist Karnataka is likely to start Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 patients, who are critical, from tomorrow, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said here on on Friday. "We have already got approval for Convalescent Plasma Therapy. Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic…
04/24/2020 8:30 a.m. The CDC announced new guidelines for pet owners after two cats tested positive for COVID-19. Photo Credit: Contributed The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines for pet owners after a pair of cats tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in two different parts of New York. According to the…
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
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that