One thing that you can be sure of in this blog is that anything that pisses me off will get covered. Well, a couple of quotes from a news story about the E. coli outbreak in Oregon associat… Read More

This is an article about bioterrorism against the food supply. This topic is probably on the top of most bioterrorism experts' lists as a high potential target. An attack on the food suppl… Read More

This looks like a promising technology that may cut down on the number of outbreaks associated with certain fruits and vegetables. Specifically, the researchers said that Salmonella counts… Read More

Looks like researchers have shown (statistically) that fiber has no effect on the risk of colorectal cancer. They performed a meta-analysis using the Pooling Project (info below). I wonder… Read More

After the recent outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Washington, the FDA has released a news statement telling people not to drink unpasteurized milk. Really? People need to be told NOT to drin… Read More

The CDC is releasing new rules to combat antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria within hospitals. Especially important among these strains is Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or… Read More

Here's an interesting article I came across. The field of computer virus epidemiology could become an exploding field in the near future, given the numbers of new viruses with a large, worl… Read More

Parasitic diseases, in my opinion, tend to be a lot "cooler" than other types of pathogens. From the way their lifecycles work and the effects they have on their hosts (see questing behavio… Read More

An excellent article about the increase in produce-borne outbreaks. Soon, produce will be the number one food contributing to outbreaks, above the usual suspects of chicken and hamburger… Read More