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Tips for protecting your family from Salmonella in ground turkey

As officials track a recent salmonella outbreak from ground turkey, consumers can take some simple precautions to protect their families, advises a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...

Health created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

36M lbs. of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak

(AP) -- Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug-resistant salmonella found in Europe, Africa: study

Scientists reported Wednesday a super-strain of salmonella resistant to antibiotics, notably ciprofloxacin, which is commonly used to treat infections caused by the bacteria.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Government still seeking source of tainted turkey

(AP) -- Consumers looking for answers about a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey will have to continue to wait as the government investigates the source of at least 76 illnesses and one death.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study identifies emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of salmonella

A new study has identified the recent emergence of a multidrug-resistant strain of Salmonella that has a high level resistance to ciprofloxacin, a common treatment for severe Salmonella infections. The study, led by François-Xavier ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: 1 death, 76 illnesses linked to ground turkey

(AP) -- Federal officials say one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey, but the government is still investigating who produced the meat and has not initiated a recall.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US

Mexican papayas tainted with salmonella have sickened 99 people in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New target found for nitric oxide's attack on salmonella bacteria

A new target for nitric oxide has been revealed in studies of how it inhibits the growth of Salmonella. This bacterium is a common cause of food-poisoning.

Medical research created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers may have discovered key to help women fight infections during pregnancy

A normal but concerning consequence of pregnancy is the fact that pregnant women are more susceptible to infection. University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have identified the underlying mechanisms for this physiologic ...

Medical research created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CDC: Frogs tied to salmonella being sold again

(AP) -- A California company has resumed selling a kind of pet frog that caused salmonella illnesses in more than 240 people, most of them children. And federal health officials are not happy.

Health created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage

On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the end of the ...

Medical research created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New salmonella-based 'clean vaccines' aid the fight against infectious disease

A powerful new class of therapeutics, known as recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASV), holds great potential in the fight against fatal diseases including hepatitis B, tuberculosis, cholera, typhoi ...

Medical research created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intestinal cell defense mechanism against bacteria

Salmonella is widely prevalent in the animal kingdom. The reason we do not suffer from severe intestinal infections very often is due to our body's defence system, which manages to digest invading bacteria. ...

Medical research created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0