Hacker News with Generative AI: Outbreaks

CDC layoffs strike response ability during flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks (theconversation.com)
In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health.
Public Health, CDC, Outbreaks, Trump Administration
8 points by rntn 19 hours ago | 1 comments
1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak (wikipedia.org)
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus disease that occurred in the Four Corners region of the US states in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Outbreaks, Public Health, Virology, United States, History
6 points by ale42 27 days ago | 2 comments
USDA locks barn door after Listeria escapes (efoodalert.com)
Five months after the CDC posted the initial notice of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak ultimately traced to Boar’s Head deli meats, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a series of “…stronger measures to protect the public from Listeria monocytogenes.”
Food Safety, Outbreaks, Listeria, USDA, Food Industry
55 points by speckx 66 days ago | 90 comments
Factory farms can contaminate onions with dangerous pathogens like E. coli (ewg.org)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration report that onions are the likely source of the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened dozens more.
Food Safety, E. coli, Outbreaks, Agriculture
14 points by stareatgoats 115 days ago | 4 comments
H5N1 Outbreak in Central Valley, California: dead cows piled by roadsides (latimes.com)
There’s a sickness hovering over Tulare County‘s dairy industry.
Agriculture, Health, Outbreaks, California, Avian Flu
39 points by spats1990 120 days ago | 12 comments
10th person dead in Listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head meats (arstechnica.com)
A 10th person has died in the nationwide Listeria outbreak connected to Boar's Head deli meats, which otherwise appears to be slowing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Food Safety, Outbreaks, Health, Public Health
23 points by okasaki 147 days ago | 1 comments
Bugs, mold, mildew found in Boar's Head plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak (cbsnews.com)
Food Safety, Health, Food Industry, Outbreaks, Listeria
16 points by cempaka 177 days ago | 5 comments
WHO Declares Global Emergency over New Mpox Outbreak (nytimes.com)
Public Health, Global Health, WHO, Outbreaks, Diseases
23 points by LopRabbit 192 days ago | 13 comments
What to Know About the Deadly Nipah Virus as India Races to Contain an Outbreak (forbes.com)
Public Health, Viruses, India, Outbreaks
4 points by walterbell 212 days ago | 0 comments
Two dead in multistate listeria outbreak linked with sliced deli meat, CDC says (cnn.com)
Food Safety, Health, Outbreaks, CDC
15 points by LopRabbit 215 days ago | 2 comments