Gastrointestinal Conditions News

In mid-April, the CDC and FDA announced that a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infections was linked to contaminated romaine lettuce. Although the exact source of the contamination has yet to be determined, investigators are focused on the Yuma, Arizona, growing region, and over two dozen farms are under investigation there.

Fourteen more people have become ill from Escherichia coli linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma Arizona region, bringing the total number of those impacted by this outbreak to 98 people in 22 states, according to the FDA and CDC.

The global child mortality rate has declined 56% since 1990, but 15,000 children aged younger than 5 years still die every day, and young children in Africa are almost eight times likelier to die than those born in Europe, according to WHO.

ATLANTA — In this video from the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service conference, Vikram Krishnasamy, MD, MPH, EIS officer in the CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, summarizes an investigation into a fatal outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in a community on the Arizona and Utah border.

More than 200 million eggs have been recalled because of potential Salmonella contamination, the FDA recently announced.

Kratom, a derivative of an Asian evergreen tree, that contains the stimulant mitragynine and narcotic 7-hydroxymitraginine, is used by as many as 5 million people in the United States. The substance has been touted as an alternative approach to pain management.

Higher waist circumference in early childhood and higher adiposity measures from early to mid-childhood correlated with higher alanine aminotransferase levels in mid-childhood, according to a recently published study.

The FDA ordered a mandatory recall today of all food products containing powdered kratom that were manufactured, processed or packed by Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC after several were found to be contaminated with Salmonella.

The overall death rate from many infectious diseases decreased by nearly 20% in the United States over 35 years, according to researchers.

Higher early childhood intake of vitamin E correlated with a lower risk for elevated mid-childhood alanine aminotransferase levels, according to recently published data.