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More than 6 million eggs are being recalled for potential salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a recently updated notice. Because Black Sheep distributes eggs to ...

USC researchers have found evidence of threadworm (scientific name: Strongyloides stercoralis) in South Carolina in two different studies. Their research, which was published in The American Journal ...

Threadworms, which are a type of parasitic nematode, spend a lot of time crawling around on human skin, poking and prodding to find the best place for entry before burrowing in. But disrupting a ...

Whole villages in southern Mexico are threatened with mass blindness as an obscure disease sweeps the tropical, coffee-growing state of Chiapas. Thus far Government sanitary brigades have only sized ...

Egg prices have soared to new records over the last couple of months. The wholesale price for a dozen white eggs climbed to over $8 in February. Since then, that price has dropped but the prices ...

These heat-treated eggs are often touted as a safeguard against foodborne illnesses like salmonella. Here’s everything you need to know when using them in recipes. With headlines of bird flu and egg ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.

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Packed with protein, healthy fats and vitamins, eggs are an important staple food. But chicken eggs aren't the only eggs around — and it may be worth giving duck eggs a try once in a while, too. "We ...

A female fetus has approximately 6 million to 7 million oocytes — immature eggs — at 4 months old, but the number drops dramatically, to about 1 million to 2 million, by birth and continues to fall ...