By Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool UK health leaders have called for the country’s political parties to work together to contain the coronavirus.James Veysey/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 24 June UK health leaders warn there is a “real risk” of a second wave A second…
June 24, 2020 9:57 AM Matthew Clark Posted: June 24, 2020 9:57 AM Updated: June 24, 2020 10:29 AM MADISON, Wis. — Health officials in Dane County have reported the county’s highest number of COVID-19 cases ever. On Wednesday, Public Health Madison & Dane County announced 71 new cases of the virus. Since the beginning…
Obadiah Moyo. (Jekesai Njikizana / AFP) Zimbabwe's health minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday for alleged corruption related to the supply of medical materials to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the anti-graft agency said.He was being held at a Harare police station and is likely to appear in court on Saturday."I can confirm that the…
Colorado public health officials on Friday reported an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among staffers at a residential camp that borders El Paso and Teller counties. At least four cases of the respiratory disease COVID-19 have been confirmed, officials said. Another seven workers at Eagle Lake Overnight Camp are considered to have potential cases of…
As normal activities such as dining out resume, there has been an increase in cases in people in their 20s and 30s in pockets around the country. Some experts say it's because of lack of social distancing and mask wearing. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images As normal activities…
The U.S. company that sold infant formula related to the most recent outbreak of infant botulism imported the product from Germany. However, Nara Organics has not named the specific manufacturer of the formula. “Nara works with a state of the art manufacturer in Germany who has over 70 years of experience making top European infant
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara