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CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
Research Article: Whole Genome Sequencing and Salmonella Outbreaks
Investigating multistate foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with chicken is especially challenging due to the...
Apr 03, 2017 | Amy Chang
Summer Newsletter Issue: Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence recently released the summer...
Sep 01, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Celebrates PulseNet’s 20th Anniversary
PulseNet, a national network of public health laboratories, prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a...
Mar 19, 2016 | Katie Regan
Innovative Technologies Report from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic...
To advance its mission of reducing illness and death from infectious disease, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious...
Oct 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic ResistanceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to improve program integration and enhance their ability to detect, investigate, and report foodborne, waterborne, and fungal disease outbreaks. Of the total, $12 million is funded through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative. The grants support the... Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Research Article: Whole Genome Sequencing and Salmonella OutbreaksInvestigating multistate foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with chicken is especially challenging due to the numerous available brands of poultry meat and high consumption rates among U.S. populations. PubMed recently published a research article titled, “Utility of Combining Whole Genome Sequencing with Traditional Investigational Methods To Solve Foodborne Outbreaks... Apr 03, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Summer Newsletter Issue: Integrated Food Safety Centers of ExcellenceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence recently released the summer edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. The new issue features articles on a variety of topics, including: New Foodborne Illness Video on Federal Partners; Whole Genome Sequencing Training; FDA/USDA Food Safety Extension Centers; Background Exposure... Sep 01, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Celebrates PulseNet’s 20th AnniversaryPulseNet, a national network of public health laboratories, prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars every year, according to a study released in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine today. In comparison, the network costs public health agencies about $7 million a year to run. Launched in 1996, […] Mar 19, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Innovative Technologies Report from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesTo advance its mission of reducing illness and death from infectious disease, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, in collaboration with partners, has developed the new tests and tools to better protect people from wide-ranging, ever-changing threats. A new report, “Innovative Technologies,” highlights the cutting-edge work scientists have accomplished... Oct 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
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