January 7th 2025
Nationwide norovirus cases have recently increased, followed by an FDA warning for consumers to avoid oysters contaminated in a recent outbreak.
E coli Outbreak Linked with Romaine Lettuce Teaches Important Lesson in Food Safety
July 10th 2018Although questions remain pertaining to the E. coli outbreak linked with romaine lettuce, scientific advances led to several breakthroughs that would not have been possible just a few years ago.
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Top 5 Contagion® News Articles for the Week of July 23, 2017
July 29th 2017Contagion® covered the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science this week and much of the research presented at the conference made this week’s Top 5. Topics include: the successful use of oral Truvada in adolescents, a new long-acting two-drug injectable HIV regimen, and a closer look at humanized monoclonal antibody PRO 140 for HIV treatment. Additional Top 5 articles include coverage from the Biodefense World Summit, and lack of infant immunizations across the world.
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Experts Explore CDC’s “Winnable Battles” in Infectious Disease with Contagion
January 6th 2017Seeking to improve the nation’s health and safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been targeting several high-burden issues in which it could make the greatest impact, and three such issues are infectious diseases.
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Activist-driven Legislation and New Technology Have Improved US Food Safety
November 2nd 2016US food-safety legislation has toughened up as both regional and national centers strive to provide the public with safe food through the use of food-related disease surveillance programs and new technologies.
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