Environment 10 September 2020 By Donna Lu Wildlife populations across the world have declined drastically over the past 50 yearsMartin Harvey / WWF Global wildlife populations are declining rapidly, according to the 2020 Living Planet Report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report reveals that global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish…
June 19, 2020Updated 10:05 a.m. ETA study of the wildlife trade in three provinces in southern Vietnam produced startlingly clear confirmation for one of the underlying objections to the wildlife trade in Asia — the trading offers an ideal opportunity for viruses in one animal to infect another.In field rats, a highly popular animal to…
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