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…
The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that a strain previously found only in wild birds has turned up in dairy…
The World Health Organization is deploying a team of experts to help local health authorities investigate a mysterious, flu-like disease that has infected nearly 400 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The team comprises epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, infection prevention and control specialists and risk communications experts, according to a WHO statement….
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…