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CDC warns of invasive bacterial outbreak amid spike in cases and fatality rates

invasive Bacterial infection According to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases are on the rise in the United States. Cases of meningococcal disease mainly caused by: bacteria meningococcusthe number of infections reached 422 last year, the highest annual number of reported cases since 2014, authorities said in a warning. […]

Northumberland’s Farne Islands reopen to tourists after bird flu outbreak | Wildlife

Puffins started arriving two weeks ago and are now milling about in their thousands. They joined kittiwakes, murres, toucans, fulmars and shags. Arctic terns arrive shortly after completing their epic journey across the globe from Antarctica. Humans arrived this week after a two-year ban on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, one of the UK’s most […]

Ex-officials of Massachusetts veterans’ home with deadly COVID outbreak avoid prison

Two former employees of a Massachusetts veterans’ nursing home that experienced a deadly outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reached a settlement Tuesday to avoid prison, the state’s attorney general said. Bennett Walsh, former director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, and David Clinton, former medical director at the home, are the victims of the coronavirus […]

Morel mushrooms linked to deadly outbreak in Montana: CDC

Morels are linked A deadly outbreak occurred in Montana last year, findings from the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released Thursday. According to the study, between March and April of last year, 51 people reported “mild to severe gastrointestinal illness” after eating at a restaurant in Bozeman, Montana. Three people were […]

Mumps outbreak reported in NJ — symptoms to watch out for

New Jersey officials are warning residents to remain vigilant after eight mumps cases were reported in Hunterdon County in the western part of the state. Outbreaks of “highly contagious” viral illnesses have been confined to one family group associated with international travel. The New Jersey Department of Health announced Tuesday.. This is the fourth case […]

New York cheesemaker pleads guilty in 2016 listeria outbreak case

A former producer of raw milk cheese has pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to the deadly Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that occurred in 2016 and 2017, federal prosecutors announced. Johannes Wald and his New York-based company, Wald Creamery LLC, were each charged in federal court in Syracuse with one misdemeanor count of introducing adulterated food […]