United States links multistate salmonella outbreak to eggs

 

U.S. federal health officials have confirmed a multistate Salmonella enteritidis outbreak linked to commercial shell eggs, sickening at least 98 people across 17 states since late November and leading to at least 26 hospitalizations. Investigators from the FDA and CDC traced the outbreak strain to large-scale poultry facilities operated by...

United States measles cases surpass last year

 

United States health authorities have documented 2,295 confirmed measles cases as of July 22 this year, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker that compiles reports from local and state agencies. This total has already exceeded the number of confirmed U.S. measles cases reported for all of 2025, marking a...

United States reports 4,173 confirmed cyclosporiasis cases

 

Atlanta, United States – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 4,173 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis since May 1, 2026, more than doubling the 1,645 cases recorded the previous week. Federal officials are also monitoring about 7,400 additional illnesses that require laboratory testing to determine whether they...

Los Angeles actors William Shatner, daughter survive stage 4 cancers

 

Actor William Shatner, 95, and his youngest daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, 61, have disclosed that they underwent overlapping battles with separate stage 4 cancers beginning in mid-2022. Melanie was diagnosed in July 2022 with HER2-positive breast cancer that had spread to lymph nodes in her chest, requiring chemotherapy, 30 radiation...

United States parasite outbreak hits Taco Bell hard

 

A multistate outbreak of the gastrointestinal parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, linked by U.S. health officials to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell, has sharply reduced customer traffic and investor confidence. On Friday, July 17, 2026, visits to Taco Bell locations were 18.9% below the chain’s average Friday traffic for...

United States links lettuce to multistate Cyclospora outbreak

 

U.S. health regulators are maintaining that shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico is the source of a large Cyclospora outbreak in five Midwestern states, despite retracting a key positive lab test. On July 21, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed that an earlier laboratory finding of Cyclospora...

Michigan: Kim Scott hospitalized after reported hemorrhage emergency

 

Kim Scott, the 51-year-old ex-wife of rapper Eminem, was hospitalized in Michigan following a medical emergency at her Chesterfield home on the evening of Saturday, July 11, 2026. Emergency dispatch records and police reports obtained on July 14 indicate that a call was placed around 8:00 p.m. reporting an individual...

United States issues urgent warning to formula industry

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday, July 13, 2026, issued an urgent letter to the infant formula industry and its supply chain partners after back-to-back multistate infant botulism outbreaks linked to powdered formula. The letter, sent to manufacturers, packagers, distributors, exporters, importers and retailers, demands immediate, rigorous supplier...

Nationwide Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Produce Surge

 

New York City. Health officials reported a sharp increase in cyclosporiasis cases this week, saying 381 cases have been recorded so far in 2026 in the city and 129 cases across New York State by early July; state and federal investigators have documented outbreaks in multiple states and are tracing...

Regional Blood Supplies Fall; Centers Urge Immediate Donations

 

United States: Blood centers in multiple regions declared emergencies this week after inventories fell to critically low levels. In Connecticut and Rhode Island officials said on-hand supplies dropped below a two-day inventory, and Kansas City-area agencies reported an almost 25% decline in June, prompting immediate public appeals for donors. Hospitals now...