Environment 20 August 2020 By Liz Kalaugher Loggerhead sea turtles have been used to track water temperatures around hurricanesMichael Patrick O'Neill / Alamy Sea turtles tagged with location and temperature sensors have been used to gather data on water temperatures near hurricanes, which could help us better forecast how strong such storms will be. Hurricanes…
By Michael Le Page Green sea turtles sometimes get off track by hundreds of kilometres while migratingImage Source / Alamy Sea turtles are famed for their ability to navigate across open oceans. Now we have a better idea of how they do it, thanks to a GPS tracking study that reveals they often make a…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out