About 52,914 pounds of Italian cold sausage products sold under five brands were recalled nationwide by Daniele International because they might be contaminated with listeria. The USDA recall notice says the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service “discovered the problem during routine inspection activities where listeria monocytogenes was found on surfaces on which the product came into […]
The newest COVID-19 variant is so contagious, experts are saying that even people who’ve avoided it so far are getting infected and the 80% of Americans who’ve already been infected are likely to catch it again, as reported by USA Today. Essentially, everyone in the country is at risk for infection now, even if they’re super careful, up […]
As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is already an FDA-approved testing kit that is one swab for all three viruses, nicknamed the “tripledemic.” As ABC News / Good Morning America (GMA) reports, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there have been at least 15 million […]
After what seemed a relatively stable fall season, COVID-19 is on the rise once again all across the United States, just before Americans prepare to celebrate the holidays. In the past two weeks – since Thanksgiving, actually – COVID cases and hospitalizations have jumped more than 25%. Test positivity rates, ICU admissions and the levels of […]
A woman died and her husband had to be treated for hypothermia after being caught in below-freezing temperatures in Utah’s Zion National Park, park officials said. Last week, a married couple started a 16-mile trip through a park area known as the Narrows, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a press release. The hike involves trudging through […]
Just in time for the holiday season, on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that it is now tracking a new COVID-19 “variant of concern” around the U.S. known as XBB, which has grown to make up an estimated 3.1% of new infections nationwide. According to CBS News, the new strain’s […]
As CNN reports, for the first time since 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidelines for clinicians and patients on the use of prescription opioids to treat short-term and long-term pain. The update comes as drug overdose deaths have risen dramatically in recent years, although the majority of those deaths […]
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that its experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness for at least six months after birth. As Yahoo News reports, in phase III of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, considered the gold standard of epidemiologic studies, the vaccine was found to be about 82% effective at preventing […]
Allergy medications like antihistamines can provide relief during autumn, but a new study suggests they may be lethal to victims of the opioid epidemic. As USA Today reports, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified approximately 92,000 drug overdose deaths in 43 states and Washington, D.C., between 2019 and 2020, […]
Hurricane Ian dealt a severe blow to hundreds of thousands of homes in Florida when it made landfall September 28 as a churning Category 4 monster of a storm. According to AccuWeather, storm surges in excess of 12 feet left many houses submerged in feet of water in just a short period of time. And the […]