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  1. MRSA in U.S. Retail Meat MRSA in U.S. Retail Meat November 23, 2011

    More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in North America.

  2. Airborne MRSA Airborne MRSA November 22, 2011

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus “superbug” found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply but isolated from air samples outside swine CAFOs.

  3. U.S. Meat Supply Flying at Half Staph U.S. Meat Supply Flying at Half Staph November 21, 2011

    An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria. Turkey appears most likely to harbor contagion.

  4. Total Recall Total Recall November 17, 2011

    Salmonella, the leading cause of food-poisoning related death, can survive most common egg cooking methods including scrambled, over-easy, and sunny-side-up. Cross-contamination onto fingers, utensils, or kitchen surfaces may pose an additional threat.

  5. Avoiding Epilepsy Through Diet Avoiding Epilepsy Through Diet September 5, 2011

    Avoiding pork tapeworm parasites (cysticercosis) is not as easy as just avoiding pork.

  1. Pork Tapeworms on the Brain Pork Tapeworms on the Brain September 4, 2011

    Neurocysticercosis, infection with pork tapeworm larvae brain parasites, is an increasingly serious public health problem in the United States, potentially causing headaches, dizziness, seizures, other neurological disorders and sudden death.

  2. Obesity-Causing Chicken Virus Obesity-Causing Chicken Virus April 26, 2011

    Are viral infections contributing to the obesity epidemic?

  3. Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Hepatitis E Virus in Pork April 3, 2011

    The discovery of infectious hepatitis E virus in retail pork products may help explain the purported association between liver failure and pork consumption.

  4. Meat & Multiple Myeloma Meat & Multiple Myeloma April 1, 2011

    Meat consumption may increase one’s risk of a variety of blood cancers.

  5. Pets & Human Lymphoma Pets & Human Lymphoma November 23, 2010

    Is having a cat or dog associated with a higher or lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma?