Taylor Farms expanded a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico due to a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak in the U.S., sickening over 1,600 people and leading to Taco Bell removing affected products from its supply chain.
A mother is outraged that two of her son's killers may be released early due to government reforms aimed at relieving prison overcrowding. Janice Lees stated the potential release of Carl Tomlinson and Callum Ayre, jailed for manslaughter, is an "insult" and "injustice" to victims.
Over 150 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with influenza, weeks after the defense secretary ended mandatory flu vaccinations for the military. Air Force officials have now ordered vaccinations for recruits as a containment measure.
Researchers discovered the oldest known evidence of the plague, dating back approximately 5,500 years ago near Siberia's Lake Baikal. DNA from plague-causing bacteria was found in the remains of 18 ancient hunter-gatherers, suggesting the disease predates previous estimates by 200 years.
A gastrointestinal virus outbreak on the British cruise ship Ambition, carrying 1,233 mostly British and Irish passengers and 514 crew, prompted a temporary lockdown in Bordeaux, France. Tests ruled out hantavirus, linking it to a viral gastro infection (likely norovirus), affecting around 80, with 49 still symptomatic. Restrictions were eased after asymptomatic passengers were allowed to disembark, and no severe cases were reported.
A French woman infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship is critically ill, with severe lung and heart problems, and is being treated with an artificial lung.
A French woman infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South Africa’s Department of Health said on Sunday. The WHO said an investigation was under way, but that at least one case of hantavirus had been confirmed. One of the patients was in intensive care in a South African hospital, the UN health agency said, and it was working with...
