Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons is handling almost 17,000 active cases of disappearances while its database contains over 23,000 cases, its chairman Mahesh Katulanda has said. Sri Lanka’s missing persons commission handling nearly 17,000 active cases Katulanda said the figures included disappearances linked to the island nation’s decades-long military conflict with the Liberation … Read more
A new FDA report has revealed that more than 236,000 cases of lettuce were included in the Taylor Farms recall linked to possible Cyclospora contamination. The report, released Saturday, August 8, gives more detail about the businesses that received the recalled produce. A new FDA report reveals 236,192 Taylor Farms lettuce cases and the major … Read more
Louisiana issues health alert amid outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria, warns beachgoers to be cautious. At least five people have been killed in Louisiana by deadly flesh-eating bacteria, prompting officials to issue an alert to beachgoers as the infection mostly occurs from exposure to seawater. Vibrio vulnificus is part of a wider group of Vibrio bacteria. … Read more