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Third person dies, nine more fall ill in Boar's Head deli meat listeria outbreak: CDC
The third person to die from the outbreak lived in Virginia while the other two lived in Illinois and New Jersey.
Supermarkets warned to ditch Boar's Head signage after millions of pounds of meat recalled
Around 500 New York City-area stores such as Key Food, C-Town, Associated and Bravo, subsequently closed their deli sections.
Boar's Head to recall additional 7 million pounds of deli meat after deadly listeria outbreak
On July 29 the USDA informed Boar’s Head that its liverwurst has been “linked to the national deli meat listeria outbreak.”
What is listeria? All about the deadly outbreak linked to deli meat
A nationwide recall of over 200,000 pounds of Boar’s Head deli meats was announced last week following deaths in Illinois and New Jersey.
Elderly couple files first lawsuit in Boar's Head multistate listeria outbreak over 'damage to the marital relationship'
Patrick and Sue Fleming are seeking upward of $25,000 for injuries and damages for medical expenses, "loss of enjoyment of life" and "damage to the marital relationship," according to the...
Measles cases in US already triple last year’s total — NYC has seen 11 cases in 2024
There have been 188 measles cases across 26 states and Washington, D.C. in 2024.
Joe, Kam push rent control — the best way to destroy cities besides bombing them
Economists know that rent control has been an abysmal failure, yet President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have proposed a nationwide 5% per year cap on rent increases.
At least 7 New Yorkers sick from listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats that's killed 2 so far
Seven New Yorkers contracted listeria linked to sliced deli counter meat in a multistate outbreak that killed two so far, including one person from New Jersey.
Why science should never try to triumph over nature
In the darkly satiric Cold War film "Dr. Strangelove," the renegade general Jack D. Ripper ignites a chain of events leading to the world's thermonuclear destruction. The movie exposes the...
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has Lyme disease — everything you need to know about the serious illness
The father of two, 41, who has no symptoms, was surprised at the news since he spends "so little time in the wilderness and Northeast."
Dozens of NJ residents sickened with dengue fever as CDC warns of deadly virus
At least 41 New Jersey residents have come down with the dengue virus, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent health alert warning of a record-breaking number of...
Dengue fever reported in Florida Keys in two locally acquired cases
The Florida Department of Health is warning that mosquitoes in the Keys may carry diseases following the diagnosis of dengue fever in two residents of the upper islands.
Fauci finally reverses course, agrees keeping schools closed during COVID was a 'mistake'
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top adviser to two presidential administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, reversed course in a Tuesday interview and agreed that shutting down schools for more than a...
Andrew Cuomo is still fibbing about his deadly COVID nursing-home order
Four years after ordering COVID-positive patients into New York nursing homes, Andrew Cuomo's excuses for that fateful mistake have gotten older but no better.
I thought I had come down with the flu on vacation — it was dengue fever
"It was so strange, I felt fine within myself," said Emma Cox, 27. "But I’d woken up with bumps all over my body — I’d never seen anything like it."
How to avoid food poisoning from shopping at the farmers market
Nothing beets the farmers market — unless you get sick from shopping there.
Greenpeace’s war on kids, terrorism for tots and other commentary
“A Philippines court made the decision to block the growing of Golden Rice,” grumbles Zion Lights at Spiked, “following campaigns led by Greenpeace” to discredit the genetically modified grain.
'Infectious' flyer with measles traveled through US airport, triggering warning — as cases more than double 2023 total
Authorities were notified on Thursday that an adult with the measles traveled through the busy airport on May 10 and 11 “while infectious."
Why the biggest threat of bird flu is government disinformation
Like with monkeypox and covid, the government is failing to tell the entire picture when it comes to the nascent bird flu epidemic.
I'm an ER doctor — don't bring these 5 foods to the beach
"The last thing you want is for people to go home and remember the beach trip because they got sick," Dr. John Torres said.