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First Cyclospora Lawsuit of the 2026 Outbreak Filed in Illinois. A Chicago Librarian Was in an Emergency Room the Day After CDC’s Health Advisory, and It Still Took Until August 4 to Find the Parasite.
Zaragoza and Sanchez v. Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. and Taylor Farms California, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-10148, filed today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a state that now counts 1,437 illnesses of its own.CHICAGO — August 21,...
The Fifty-State Cyclospora Count Is Now 31,972. CDC Has Counted 828 Hospitalizations This Summer and Attributed 454 of Them to the Recalled Lettuce.
This chart stood at 31,521 on Wednesday. Tonight it stands at 31,972. West Virginia and Florida posted new numbers, Michigan reported on Thursday, and one row of my own chart turned out to be short by 31 people. The federal outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce...
Lowering Beef Prices Without Harming the Cattle Industry
OverviewThe central policy question is not simply how to make beef cheaper. It is how to increase the quantity of beef available to American consumers while preserving the economic incentive for American ranchers to rebuild the cattle herd. That distinction is...
FDA Has Counted Fifty-Two American Sprout Outbreaks Since 1996 and More Than 2,700 Illnesses. Here Is a Thirty-Year Chart of the Big Ones — Twenty-Seven Outbreaks on Four Continents, 14,325 Confirmed Sick and at Least 57 Dead. Here Is What the Experts Have Been Saying, in Their Own Words, Since 1998.
FDA’s own guidance to the sprout seed industry says the agency has observed 52 reported outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with contaminated sprouts in the United States between 1996 and 2020, together causing more than 2,700 illnesses. That is...
Back to Compliance Basics: A Practical 2026 Checklist for California Employers
As we move through 2026, it remains the perfect time for California employers to return to the fundamentals. With evolving employment laws, local ordinances, aggressive enforcement, and high volumes of wage-and-hour and PAGA claims, getting the basics right continues...
Open Letter to Our Stakeholders from the Military Deputy to the Publisher
The following is a message from Navy Capt. Bill Urban.
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor, publisher and reporter
Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief, said he was being fired for insubordination after stating in a CBS interview last month that censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line in the Pentagon’s efforts to exert control over the newspaper.
Pentagon report continues to show a downward trend of sexual assaults in the military
The Pentagon reported that 8,500 fewer active-duty service members experienced unwanted sexual contact in fiscal year 2025 than in 2023 based on confidential surveys.
Open garage emitting foul-smelling odor leads cops to Amazon body bag containing father killed by jealous son: Police
Inset: John Michael De Coste (El Paso Police Department). Background: The house where De Coste allegedly killed his father and kept his body hidden for days in El Paso, Texas (Google Maps). A Texas man is behind bars after beating his father to death, putting his...