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  • October 2007

    • The Beef Stops Here, but Why?

      Newsweek  |  Oct 7, 07 7:47 PM CDT

      The Beef Stops Here, but Why?

      (Newser) - The latest E. coli outbreak, which toppled Topps Meat and led to millions of recalled burgers, has stumped health agents. Muckrakers blame feedlots and abattoirs, saying bad animal diets increase infections when the meat mingles with innards, but others aren't so worried: "The reality is if you cook the meat you’ll never have a problem," says one industry consultant. More »

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      disease  • outbreak  • E. coli  • Centers for Disease Control  • Department of Agriculture  • Sam's Club  • recalls  • ground beef  • Cargill

  • September 2007

    • Bluetongue Means Crisis for UK Farmers

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 30, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      Bluetongue Means Crisis for UK Farmers

      (Newser) - Bluetongue cases will keep infecting UK cattle and mire farmers in a financial crisis, possibly for years, the Guardian reports. Almost a dozen cows have been hit so far, the first tremor of UK bluetongue after 3,000 cattle were hit this summer in Northern Europe. So far Gordon Brown has set up a protection zone and vowed to find a bluetongue vaccine. More »

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      Great Britain  • outbreak  • cattle  • bluetongue  • Foot and Mouth Disease

    • Topps Recalls Millions of Patties

      CNN  |  Sep 29, 07 1:55 PM CDT

      Topps Recalls Millions of Patties

      (Newser) - Fears of E. coli contamination drove Topps Meat Co. to recall 21.7 million pounds of frozen hamburger patties today. The recall affects all Topps products with a sell-by date between Sept. 25, 2007, and Sept. 25, 2008. More than two dozen people in eight states have reported infections, and yesterday the USDA shut down Topps’ meat grinding operation after finding unspecified safety problems. More »

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      outbreak  • USDA  • E. coli  • burger  • Topps Meat Co.

    • Bluetongue Outbreak Declared

      BBC  |  Sep 28, 07 4:38 PM CDT

      Bluetongue Outbreak Declared

      (Newser) - An outbreak of bluetongue disease is affecting livestock in Suffolk, UK government vets confirmed today. The devastating and often deadly ailment, for which there is no vaccine, has never before been reported in the country. Authorities set up a quarantine zone of 93 miles around farms known to have had the five cases confirmed so far, the BBC reports. More »

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      Great Britain  • outbreak  • bluetongue

    • Scientists Devise 30-Minute Bird Flu Test

      AFP  |  Sep 24, 07 3:37 AM CDT

      Scientists Devise 30-Minute Bird Flu Test

      (Newser) - Researchers have developed a test that can identify bird flu in just 28 minutes, according to a study published this month in Nature Medicine . If bird flu mutates to a form readily passed among humans, rapid testing could be critical in identifying and containing an outbreak in its early stages. Current tests take between several hours and several days. More »

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      disease  • outbreak  • bird flu

    • Ebola Outbreak Is Worst in Years

      Washington Post  |  Sep 19, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      Ebola Outbreak Is Worst in Years

      (Newser) - Doctors are being airlifted into the Democratic Republic of Congo to help treat what may be the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in years, the Washington Post reports. Only nine cases of the disease have been confirmed in labs, but almost 550 are suspected, including 168 resulting in deaths. The outbreak is centered in isolated rural areas connected only by rutted dirt roads. More »

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      health care  • outbreak  • virus  • Democratic Republic of Congo  • Doctors Without Borders  • Ebola

    • Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 1:08 PM CDT

      Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      (Newser) - A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area, killing affected cattle, and banning movement of livestock throughout the UK. More »

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      Great Britain  • European Union  • disease  • outbreak  • cattle  • ban  • beef  • foot and mouth disease

  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • 'Outbreak' Morphs Into 'Rashomon'

      New York Times  |  Jun 2, 07 12:13 PM CDT

      'Outbreak' Morphs Into 'Rashomon'

      (Newser) - The Atlanta lawyer whose honeymoon baggage included a dangerous strain of TB is at the center of a contentious international public-health dispute. The Times reports on the conflicting accounts of warnings issued to Andrew Speaker and the governments of the countries he visited. Meanwhile, other American passengers on his flights have tested negative for TB. More »

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      health  • public health  • disease  • outbreak  • infection  • Tuberculosis  • Andrew Speaker

  • May 2007

    • Plague Kills Monkey in Denver Zoo

      Denver Post  |  May 22, 07 1:00 PM CDT

      Plague Kills Monkey in Denver Zoo

      (Newser) - The bubonic plague has hit the Denver Zoo. An 8-year-old hooded capuchin monkey named Spanky was found dead last week, and postmortem tests confirmed that the cause was plague. The Denver Post reports that the monkey may have contracted the disease, which is usually spread by fleas, by eating the meat of an infected squirrel. More »

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      health  • animal  • disease  • outbreak  • monkey  • plague

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