(Halfpoint Images/Getty Images) ABELA MAHIMBO, THE CONVERSATION 22 APRIL 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, has infected almost 2.5 million people around the world and claimed 170,000 lives.But some people don't even get symptoms. Recent studies suggest as many as 80 percent or more of those infected are "silent carriers", showing no or very…
Over the weekend, 54 Marion County residents tested positive for COVID-19, the highest three-day increase since testing began. The rise isn't explained by more testing taking place, outbreaks in local nursing homes or any other single cause. The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free…
Two New Jersey COVID-19 patients are recovering after an experimental plasma treatment.The promising clinical trial being spearheaded by the Mayo Clinic is in its infancy stages and it's by no means a panacea, but it is giving COVID-19 victims and their families hope.At Virtua Voorhees Hospital, two doctors were trying everything they could to save…
More than two dozen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported at a Woodland nursing home.Sixty-four cases of the virus, including 33 staff members and 31 residents, have been reported at the Stollwood Convalescent Home at St. John’s Village.Six residents have died, according to the Yolo County Public Health Department.Here are three things to know…
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