During its seven-month global rampage, the coronavirus has claimed more than 700,000 lives. But Gandhi began to think the bigger mystery might be why it has left so many more practically unscathed.What was it about these asymptomatic people, who lived or worked so closely to others who fell severely ill, she wondered, that protected them?…
One hundred and forty six homeless people with NO symptoms test positive for coronavirus at Boston shelter - stoking claims that virus is much more widespread than experts understandOne hundred forty six homeless persons at The Pine Street Inn shelter in Boston tested positive for the coronavirus without showing any symptomsThe asymptomatic homeless persons were confirmed following…
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