New Ebola Case Suspected; FDA Wants Paxlovid Rebound Study; Beware Wendy's Lettuce?
(MedPage Today) -- Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a suspected Ebola case, the World Health Organization said. (Reuters)
First lady Jill Biden tested negative for COVID-19 and has left isolation, according... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 22, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Wendy's Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak
MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 - - Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy ' s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. " A specific food has not yet been... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Wendy's pulls lettuce from sandwiches amid E. coli outbreak
The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
CDC: New E. Coli Outbreak May Be Linked To Wendy ’s Romaine Lettuce
The suspect is the romaine lettuce on Wendy's burgers and sandwiches served in at least three states. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news
CDC: E. Coli Outbreak May Be Linked To Romaine Lettuce At Wendy ’s, 37 Ill, 10 Hospitalized
The suspect is the romaine lettuce on Wendy's burgers and sandwiches served in at least three states. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news
Lettuce on Wendy ’s Sandwiches Potentially Linked to E. Coli Outbreak
Federal health officials said that while 37 people had been sickened and 10 hospitalized, it was safe to eat at the fast-food chain and to buy romaine lettuce. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: McKenna Oxenden Tags: Food Contamination and Poisoning E Coli (Bacteria) Fast Food Industry Wendy ' s International Inc Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio Romaine lettuce Source Type: news
More E. coli cases reported in Ohio; Outbreak possibly linked to fast food chain lettuce
More illnesses are being reported after an E. coli outbreak in multiple states, according to the Center for Disease Control. #ecolioutbreak #centerfordiseasecontrol #outbreak (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Peril in Paradise: Rat Lungworm's Threat in Tropical Getaways
(MedPage Today) -- On Dec. 31, 2019, 31-year-old Chaunda Rodrigues of Hilo, Hawaii bought an avocado-and-lettuce sandwich from a local market. But when Rodrigues started to eat, something stuck to her teeth. Horrifyingly, it was part of a mucinous... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - June 12, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Boosting Food Security and Education in Schools in Brazil
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria of the João Caffaro Municipal School in Itaboraí, in southeastern Brazil. Schoolchildren returned to eating vegetables and drinking natural fruit juices when the school canteens and the supply of family farming products to the National School Feeding Program resumed in April this year, after an interruption brought about by the COVID pandemic. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPSBy Mario OsavaITABORAÍ, Brazil , Apr 27 2022 (IPS) “I like lettuce, but not tomatoes and cucumbers,” said nine-year-old Paulo Henrique da Silva de Jesus, a third grader at the João Baptista Caffaro Municipal S...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mario Osava Tags: Development & Aid Editors' Choice Education Featured Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Integration and Development Brazilian-style Latin America & the Caribbean Poverty & SDGs Projects Regional Categories TerraViva United Natio Source Type: news
Sea-farmed supercrop: how seaweed could transform the way we live
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap the marine plant ’s huge potential“You can just see the buoys of the seafarm,” Dr Sophie Steinhagen yells over the high whine of the boat as it approaches the small islands of Sweden’s Koster archipelago. The engine drops to a sputter, and Steinhagen heaves up a rope to reveal the harvest hanging beneath: strand after strand o f sea lettuce, translucent and emerald green.“This is one individual that we would collect now and keep as a parent, because it’s growing very fast,” she exclaims. In summer, these waters teem with sea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Richard Orange in Malm ö Tags: Environment Food Sweden Europe World news Climate crisis Agriculture Science Seafood Source Type: news
Trying Everything, Even Lettuce, to Save Florida ’s Beloved Manatees
Pollution has killed the sea grass that manatees feed on, and they are starving to death in large numbers. Extraordinary intervention may not be enough to protect them. #manatees #saveflorida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TikTok Trends: Lettuce Water, Cyst Smacking, and Period Pains TikTok Trends: Lettuce Water, Cyst Smacking, and Period Pains
A new season brings a plethora of new TikTok trends for doctors to debunk, support, or attempt to erase off the internet entirely.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - March 29, 2022 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Anorexia survivor is finally given the all-clear after gaining 2 stone
Charlotte Foster, 21, from Workington, saw her weight plummet to 6st 3lbs after she suffered with anorexia during lockdown, which saw her eating only lettuce, carrots and Coke Zero. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid-19 Vaccines In Salad Dressing? Here ’s What Michael Flynn Claimed
Lettuce be clear about what Michael Flynn said on a video that ’s been making the rounds on social media. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: An Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce Exposure - United States, 2019
This report describes an outbreak of Escherichia coli in multiple states linked to romaine lettuce. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 6, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: E. coli Infection MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
