A norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line cruise sickened nearly 120 people. Among 2,614 guests aboard the line’s Rotterdam ship, 107 reported being ill during its current voyage, along with a dozen crew members, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their main symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea. Rotterdam departed on a…
Cucumbers are being recalled again in 26 states and five Canadian provinces for possible salmonella contamination, and yes, some of these cucumber were sold in Massachusetts. On Wednesday the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced that cucumbers from Arizona-based SunFed Produce, LLC were being voluntarily recalled. The cucumbers were shipped packaged in bulk cardboard container…
Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections. Cases have spiked in large part due to increasing global temperatures wrought by greenhouse gas emissions, new research shows. Nearly a fifth of dengue infections in the Americas and Southeast Asia were propelled…