New information regarding the increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Windsor the Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Salinas. The rehabilitation center reported to the state and county department of public health they have confirmed cases among patients and staff. According to health officials, the number reported at the facility is less than 11 cases. "Appears…
On January 24, nine people from three families contracted Covid-19 while having lunch at a restaurant in Guangzhou, China. Another 81 who were in the eatery did not. The infections, according to an analysis by Center for Disease Control (CDC) experts in China, took place because the three families were in the draught of the…
Health officials say community transmission of virus continues Associated Press Coronavirus SOURCE: Associated Press Another COVID-19 death announced as 56 new cases confirmed in NH Health officials say community transmission of virus continues One more person has died of COVID-19 in New Hampshire as health officials announced Monday that 56 new cases of the illness…
A new study conducted by the University of Southern California along with the LA County Department of Public Health indicates the presence of antibodies for COVID-19 in between 2.8 and 5.6% of the population of LA County, suggesting that between 221,000 and 442,000 individuals had the infection — up to 55 times more people than…
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