Immune — Based on a harmless virus, the vaccine had side effects but elicited antibodies. John Timmer - May 26, 2020 5:34 pm UTC Enlarge / Test doses of another potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. MLADEN ANTONOV / Getty Images We still don't know how well a robust immune response protects people from SARS-CoV-2 infection. But we've…
A pathologist holds a vial from a COVID-19 test kit. Various bottlenecks in the U.S. that have constrained widespread testing for the coronavirus were problems in February and persist today. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images A pathologist holds a vial from a COVID-19 test kit. Various…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two