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Nature’s Secret Weapon Against Microbes: Squid Skin
There's a compound found in squid skin that they use to change color and protect their cells, but it could also help us fight some of the most common disease-causing microbes out there.
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Are Soft Cheeses Dangerous During Pregnancy?
You may have heard the oddly specific advice that pregnant people shouldn't eat soft cheeses, but there's a very good reason for that, and it applies to more than just dairy products.
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Nature’s Secret Weapon Against Microbes: Squid Skin
There's a compound found in squid skin that they use to change color and protect their cells, but it could also help us fight some of the most common disease-causing microbes out there.
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Why It Might Be Good to Have Herpes | Trained Immunity
While herpes viruses cause harmful or annoying afflictions like chickenpox and cold sores, there’s also evidence it can help your immune system fight unrelated attackers.
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Are Soft Cheeses Dangerous During Pregnancy?
You may have heard the oddly specific advice that pregnant people shouldn't eat soft cheeses, but there's a very good reason for that, and it applies to more than just dairy products.
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Why I eat "expired" food
Dates on food have basically nothing to do with safety….so how DO you know if something is OK to eat?
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USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar's Head outbreak
U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a Boar's Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, a lawmaker said Tuesday. (Scripps...
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Insects, mold found at Boar's Head plant connected to listeria
Insects and mold were found at a Virginia Boar's Head plant connected to a listeria outbreak, with deaths and hospitalizations are found to have been linked to the deli meat contamination. (Scripps News)
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Prosciutto safety paramount for producers ++CORRECTION++REPLAY++
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San Daniele del Friuli, Italy - June 29, 2014
1. Wide shot of a worker sticking a probe inside San Daniele prosciuttos hung on a wall, before branding them
2. Medium shot a worker sticking a probe inside San Daniele...
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Frozen Food Recall Covers Hundreds of Items
Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it'll be...
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Genetic sleuthing bolsters food poisoning searches - Animation
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Genetic sleuthing is bolstering food poisoning investigations, helping scientists connect outbreaks that used to go undetected.
Whole genome sequencing started as a pilot program at The Centers of...
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About Listeria: Listeria Food Poisoning
This site focuses on Listeria, including its prevention, symptoms and risks, detection, recent outbreaks, and helpful resources.