2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (520+ words) Farmed chicken is thought to have increased the spread of Campylobacter, the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea worldwide Factory-farmed chicken has led to more than a 100-fold increase in a common disease that causes food poisoning, a study has…...

8+ hour, 3+ min ago   (386+ words) Twenty-six people have been hospitalized with the infection, which causes severe diarrhea and vomiting Nearly 100 people across 17 states have now fallen ill in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs. The 98 people were infected between 21 November and 30 June, the U.S. Food…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (149+ words) The Independent Nearly 100 sick in salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs - Nearly 100 people across 17 US states have been affected by a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, with 26 hospitalised. - The illnesses occurred between 21 November and 30 June, with no fatalities reported,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (839+ words) Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations. David and Sara LeBlanc…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (196+ words) The Independent What are ‘frankenchickens’? Pret boycott over animal welfare concerns - Customers are boycotting Pret A Manger over the sandwich giant's decision to delay its pledge to stop using "frankenchickens," birds bred to grow so rapidly they suffer chronic…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (299+ words) Sainsbury’s is cutting sales of brown eggs amid efforts to become more sustainable, it has announced. The UK’s second biggest supermarket chain is planning to sell only white eggs in its own brand ranges after finding they have a 12.7% lower…...

3+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (319+ words) At least 34 people in 13 states have been sickened with salmonella poisoning traced to contact with backyard poultry, including some with infections resistant to common antibiotics, federal health officials said. Backyard poultry include birds like chicken, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (208+ words) The vaccine will utilise mRNA technology similar to that employed in Covid-19 jabs Experts warn that while the virus is "evolving and spreading" rapidly among animals, and does not yet easily transmit between people, the potential for human-to-human transmission must…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (737+ words) A first-of-its-kind trial has been launched to test a new vaccine for bird flu in humans. The A(H5N1) strain of the virus is “evolving and spreading” in animals, and while it does not yet move easily between people, human-to-human transmission…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) Thousands of chickens killed and disposed off due to bird flu outbreak Groundbreaking trial for human bird flu vaccine begins in UK and US - A groundbreaking trial for a new human bird flu vaccine, mRNA-1018 developed by Moderna, has commenced…...