By Donna Lu Coronavirus-related scams are on the riseTero Vesalainen / Alamy AS GOVERNMENTS battle to contain the transmission of covid‑19, they have also struggled to stymie the spread of related online misinformation and vitriol. The pandemic has resulted in the rapid propagation of conspiracy theories that pose a risk to public health, a surge in online…
Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. Choose your subscription Not sure which package to choose?Try full access for 4 weeks For 4 weeks receive unlimited Premium digital access to the FT's trusted, award-winning…
The World Health Organization reversed course on face masks yesterday. Its now encouraging people to wear them to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. The general public should use fabric masks i…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionScientists believe another pandemic will happen during our lifetime We have created "a perfect storm" for diseases from wildlife to spill over into humans and spread quickly around the world, scientists warn. Human encroachment on the natural world speeds up that process. This outlook comes from global…
June 4, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETA Canadian woman was so desperate to hug her mother during quarantine that she created a “hug glove” using a clear tarp with sleeves so the women could hug through the plastic. A video of two young cousins in Kentucky hugging and weeping after weeks apart in quarantine was shared…
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