Botulism

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Inside the giant warehouse, past the labyrinth of cubicles and corner offices, behind the door marked "Authorized Personnel Only," the smell isn't all that bad today. "Sometimes it's unbearable," said Denise Williams, a supervisor...

 Clinical trials are being conducted in Williamsburg for a vaccine against one of the most common causes of hospital-acquired infection in North America and Europe   The Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health in Williamsburg announced...

Boaters, fishing enthusiasts and swimmers are being asked by state officials to help stop invasive species this summer when traveling to area waterways. The alert came after two state Department of Environmental Protection interns found a small colony of...

?? Each week after??state health inspections in South Florida restaurants are posted here, readers invariably fight amongst themselves??about whether??our government is overreaching into the private sphere by attempting to monitor food safety for the...

THEATER REVIEW: "Middletown" ★★★ Through Aug. 14 at Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.; Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; Tickets: $20-$73 at 312-335-1650 or steppenwolf.org At one point in Will Eno's wonderful new play “...

Botulism believed cause deaths of ducks in Lake Forest pond....

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — Volunteers are needed to help monitor the often fatal effects of a disease affecting birds along part of the northern Lake Michigan shoreline. The monitoring program deals with avian botulism. It is a disease that can sicken,...

First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — After decades of delay, government officials are beginning to crack down on cargo ships that allow foreign invasive species to hitchhike to U.S. waters, where they have turned ecosystems upside down and caused billions of...

The "Botox mom", first reported to have given injections to her 8 year old daughter is now crawling out from under her rock to admit the whole thing was a hoax! First published by the British rag "The Sun,” mom, Kerry Campbell was claimed with...

Although smokers may not like reading the warning labels on cigarettes, at least they know that they're consuming a product that comes with health risks. Should consumers of canned goods also get the benefit of a warning label? Most might......

There's more to pickles than just garlicky brined cucumbers. A pickle is actually any food that is preserved using salt and acid. That includes everything from kimchi to blueberries agri-doux. There are two very basic ways to introduce salt and......