A study by the CDC, FDA and USDA used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and machine learning to identify chicken and vegetables ...

Researchers used genome sequencing and machine learning to trace the top food sources behind Salmonella infections in the US.

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

The USDA is considering new regulations on salmonella in raw chicken and turkey. Proponents of the regulations say they are necessary to protect consumers from foodborne illness. Opponents argue ...

A Chinese team of virologists has found that this virus carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the new virus called HKU5-CoV-2 was ...

Extensive coronavirus research has led to the discovery of a new bat virus called HKU5-CoV-2. According to a new study published in the medical journal Cell, the new virus can enter human cells using ...

Can the new bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, lead to another pandemic? According to Chinese researchers, the new coronavirus potentially transmits from animals to humans, and has reignited concerns about the ...

DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2024.104652 Emily Everhart et al, Control of Salmonella enterica spp. enterica in milk and raw milk cheese using commercial bacteriophage preparations, Food Microbiology (2025).

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus ...

The two Republican lawmakers say that the proposed framework is not science-based, and it also disregards data from USDA that found Salmonella outbreaks have decreased 60% since 2020 and that more ...

The virus known as HKU5-Cov-2 bears eerily similar traits to SARS-CoV-2, which was responsible for sparking the deadly Covid-19 pandemic lasting almost three years. Both viruses bind to the same ...