Public Health
Deer Hunting and Consumption Carry CWD Risks
As hunting seasons begin opening across the U.S., it is a good time to remind hunters and venison consumers of the threat of chronic wasting
TAG
October 1, 2025
As hunting seasons begin opening across the U.S., it is a good time to remind hunters and venison consumers of the threat of chronic wasting
Last week CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) held a meeting to discuss changes to the vaccination policies for chickenpox, COVID-19, and Hepatitis B.
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) has been a subject of discussion for much of 2025 with Robert F Kennedy Jr. seeking to “close the loophole”
Raw pet food has once again caused the death of a cat, this time due to HPAI H5N1 for which samples of the food tested
By Dr. Ben Miller In food safety, we often cite CDC’s estimate that 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne illness annually. These figures depend
Widely distributed in the Northeast, South, and Midwest US, excepting the far north areas, the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been gaining notoriety with
Despite the fact that CDC has estimated that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 34 states and staying steady in 14, with no
In recent weeks, at least three incidents of botulism contamination of three different foods have caused recalls in Europe. Botulism is a rare but serious
With school starting within the next few weeks for most children in the US, new CDC data showing childhood vaccination coverage having declined for all
This is the last of four TAG newsletter articles that examined safety as well as FDA regulatory oversight of food and color additives. The previous