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More people are affected by food allergies now than in previous years, according a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among kids younger than 18 years old, food allergy prevalence increased from only 3.4 percent in 1997-1999 to 5.1 percent in 2009-2011. During that same time period, skin allergies [...] Courtesy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency A synthetic designer drug has been linked to an outbreak of kidney failure in a Wyoming town last year. Three people in their late teens to early 20s were hospitalized in early March 2012 after they either smoked or ate spice, a drug made of plant material [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety UN says food price crisis unlikely but urges action – Huffington Post Food Although global food prices have stabilized, many fear unrest as seen after a similar food crisis [...] Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 1,900 cases of West Nile virus have been reported in the U.S., up 25 percent from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. This number is up from about 1,500 reported August 28. Of the 1,993 [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety Obama administration sued for delay of FSMA implementation –Food Safety News The Food and Drug Administration and the Office of Management and Budget are the target of a lawsuit [...] More than 1,500 people have fallen ill after being infected with West Nile virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mosquito-borne virus has killed 66 people. Officials have said this is the worst year for West Nile infections since the virus was detected in the U.S. in 1999, according to USA [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety 5 of 7 E. coli cases in western New York linked; source a mystery – Food Safety News Officials believe water is the source of the outbreak but don’t [...] With more than 160 confirmed cases of H3N2v nationwide, health officials are watching to see if the virus mutates to be transmissible from person-to-person, according to news reports. So far, the H3N2v virus, commonly known as swine flu, only has been transmitted between sick pigs and humans, with most of the infected being people that [...] |
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