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Mashup Score: 1640% of US foodborne restaurant outbreaks traced to sick workers - 11 month(s) ago
Forty percent of US foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants and other food-serving establishments from 2017 to 2019 were related to a sick worker, according to a study published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) led the study, which involved collecting environmental health data during the investigation of 800…
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Mashup Score: 0News Scan for Nov 10, 2022 - 2 year(s) ago
Unneeded antibiotics for respiratory infections tied to harm, higher costsA study of more than 3 million patients with bacterial and viral respiratory infections found that inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions were associated with increased risk of adverse events and higher healthcare costs, researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The study, conducted by researchers with the…
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Mashup Score: 1News Scan for Oct 05, 2022 - 2 year(s) ago
COVID continues slow global decline but rises in EuropeIn its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that global COVID-19 cases declined 6% last week compared to the previous week, though the pace of activity increased in the European region, which experienced an 8% rise compared to the week before.Of more than 2.9 million cases reported to the WHO…
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Mashup Score: 1
A related study shows how responding quickly to food illness outbreaks saves lives and significant money.
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Mashup Score: 0News Scan for Apr 07, 2022 - 2 year(s) ago
Framework outlines One Health collaboration on antimicrobial resistanceThe World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) yesterday published a strategic framework for One Health collaborations on antimicrobial resistance…
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Mashup Score: 0News Scan for Apr 05, 2022 - 2 year(s) ago
Study highlights economic impact of inappropriate antibiotic useAn analysis of antibiotic use for upper respiratory infections (URIs) in Ghana reveals the considerable economic impact of inappropriate prescribing can have on low-resource settings, researchers reported last week in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.Using data from the ABACUS (AntiBiotic ACcess…
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Mashup Score: 4News Scan for Jul 15, 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
Shorter regimen for resistant TB found effective with lower linezolid doseNew data presented today indicate that a shorter treatment regimen for highly drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) remains highly effective with reduced doses of one of its components.The phase 3 ZeNix trial, conducted in Moldova, Georgia, Russia, and South Africa, assigned 181 patients with extensively drug-resistant…
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Mashup Score: 1News Scan for May 17, 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
CDC wraps up latest queso fresco Listeria outbreak investigationAn investigation into a Listeria moncytogenes outbreak linked to a New Jersey company’s queso fresco cheese has ended, with 14 cases reported in four states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said May 14 in a final update.The final total reflects the addition of two more cases since the…
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