Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illness Outbreak Linked To Animal Yoga, Sparking Health Warning From Officials
A live animal yoga class has been linked to an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing illness spread through close contact with infected animals, according to health officials.
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by a parasite that spreads when people accidentally swallow tiny amounts of fecal matter from infected animals. Northern Nevada Public Health warned about the illness, also called "Crypto," in a news release on Friday, May 1.
Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting. Other illnesses, including E. coli and Salmonella infections, can also spread through animal c…
Florida Ends Vaccine Mandates, Calling Them ‘Slavery’; Experts Decry Decision
Florida will become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates.
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced the move during a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3, comparing the mandates to “slavery.”
“Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Ladapo said.
Previously, the state required children to receive measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox, and hepatitis B vaccines. Religious exemptions were allowed, but now parents may opt out for any reason.
According to the World Health Organization, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives ov…
CDC Reportedly Reduces Scope Of Foodborne Illness Tracking
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has scaled back a major foodborne illness surveillance program, according to a new report.
The agency is now tracking just two pathogens instead of the usual eight, NBC News reports.
As of Tuesday, July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) is only monitoring for salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC),
Previously, the program also tracked listeria, shigella, campylobacter, cyclospora, vibrio, and Yersinia.
Some of those illnesses can cause severe or life-threatening illness, e…
