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Taylor Farms pushes back after FDA admits Cyclospora test was a false positive

Taylor Farms is pushing back against the suggestion that its lettuce has been conclusively identified as the source of a large Cyclospora outbreak after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Taylor Farms lettuce is still focus of cyclospora investigation despite false positive test, FDA says

The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
STAT

CDC leadership continues to try to manufacture a scientific debate on vaccines where none exists

What happens if public health agencies stopped trusting their own tools, scientists, and surveillance networks for measuring whether vaccines work? We end up less able to monitor the performance of ...
BBC

Two possible Ebola cases in Brazil ruled out as patients test negative

Two suspected cases of Ebola in Brazil have been cleared after both patients tested negative for the virus, local health authorities have said. The individuals were monitored in Brazil's two biggest ...
Times LIVE

Zambia says two suspected Ebola cases test negative and steps up screening

Zambia has investigated and cleared two suspected cases of Ebola as it steps up screening and surveillance for the deadly viral disease after an outbreak in neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the ...
Reuters

Zambia says two suspected Ebola cases test negative, steps up screening

May 30 (Reuters) - Zambia has investigated and cleared two suspected cases of Ebola as it steps up screening and surveillance for the deadly viral disease following an ‌outbreak in neighbouring ...
U.S. News & World Report

Zambia Says Two Suspected Ebola Cases Test Negative, Steps up Screening

Zambia Says Two Suspected Ebola Cases Test Negative, Steps up Screening May 30 (Reuters) - Zambia has investigated ⁠and ⁠cleared two suspected cases ⁠of Ebola as it steps up screening and surveillance ...
Forbes

Jay Bhattacharya Called Test-Negative Study Design ‘Crap.’ Here’s How We Know Whether Vaccines Measured With It Are Effective

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 5: Jayanta Bhattacharya, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate ...
Reuters

Two Singaporean residents test negative for hantavirus after deadly cruise outbreak

May 8 (Reuters) - Two Singaporean residents who were onboard a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus ‌outbreak have tested negative for the virus, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on ...
Today

What's the Deal With COVID Testing Now? Doctors Explain When to Test, How to Get Them and More

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...
USA Today

How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

One of the most distinctive and funny politicians, Senator John Kennedy (the one from Louisiana)--hailed by Politico as "America's most quotable Senator"--offers his perceptive (and hilarious) takes ...