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Tech News43,000 Pounds of Raw Ground Beef Recalled Over Potential E. Coli Contamination
Roughly 42,922 pounds of ground beef products that were shipped to stores across the United States are being recalled over concerns that the meat may have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The regulatory agency urged consumers in a notice on Saturday not … Continued
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ScienceHealthGeneral Mills Recalls Gold Medal Flour Over E. Coli Concerns
General Mills has issued a voluntary recall of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour after the company found E. coli during a quality control check, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall only affects 5-pound packages of Gold Medal with a use-by date of September 6, 2020. As the FDA notes on … Continued
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ScienceHealthFecal Transplant Patient Killed by Superbug Traced to Donor Stool
An aesthetically unpleasant but genuinely promising medical treatment—a fecal transplant—may come with more serious risks than previously thought. This week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about the treatment, after receiving reports of two people coming down with serious drug-resistant infections following the procedure. One patient ultimately died. Fecal transplants, or fecal microbiota … Continued
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ScienceBiologyScientists Create E. Coli With Entirely Synthetic Genome
Scientists created a variant of the E. coli bacteria with an entirely synthetic genome, according to a new paper. Building and replacing the large entire genome yet was just one goal of the team from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. They hoped that the resulting bacteria would use a … Continued
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Tech NewsSource of Mystery E. Coli Outbreak That Sickened Over 100 May Be Ground Beef
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it was investigating a mysterious multistate E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 70 people. The outbreak has since been linked to more than 100 cases, but the CDC said information it has collected so far appears to point to a source: ground beef. … Continued
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ScienceHealthE. Coli Outbreak Has Sickened Over 70 People, But CDC Says the Source Is a Mystery
An E. coli outbreak with an as-yet unknown origin has reportedly sickened dozens of people across several states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prompting federal and state investigations into its cause. The CDC said Friday that reports of individuals infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O103 began in early March. This … Continued
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ScienceHealthIt Still Isn’t Completely Safe to Eat Romaine Lettuce, CDC Says
Romaine lettuce enthusiasts, I am deeply sorry to have to inform you that your forbidden fruit still isn’t safe—at least not completely. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that nine more cases of sickened individuals have been tied to the ongoing E. coli outbreak since its last update roughly two weeks … Continued
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CDC Says Some Romaine Lettuce Is Now Safe to Eat—but Don’t Break Out the Salad Tongs Yet
Just as Americans prepared to gorge on their Thanksgiving meals last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blasted out an ominous warning: Throw out and definitely do not eat any romaine lettuce, since it might contain potentially deadly E. coli bacteria. But this Monday, following further investigation, the CDC downgraded its warning. Romaine … Continued
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FDA Official Gives Update on E. Coli Outbreak, But You Shouldn’t Eat Romaine Lettuce Just Yet
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning earlier this week not to eat romaine lettuce of any kind as the result of a new E. coli outbreak that has sicked more than two dozen people across 11 states. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, tweeted Thursday that … Continued
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CDC: Do Not Eat Any Romaine Lettuce Until We Can Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On
The Centers for Disease Control has an ominous warning for the nation this week: Please, for the love of god, do not consume romaine lettuce of any kind. In a statement, the agency wrote that it has determined an outbreak of a strain of E. coli has resulted in infections in at least 32 people … Continued
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