Diets that claim to control excess oestrogen or stress hormones are all the rage on Instagram and TikTok. They could be good for us, just not for the reasons claimed

A massive undertaking to map cancer tumours is providing new insights into how the disease forms, evolves and develops resistance to treatments

From the benefits of fermented foods to diets that promise a better hormone balance, there is a confusing array of dietary advice out there

Our metabolism's response to food is highly idiosyncratic and there are hints that tailoring our diet to these personal differences can deliver health benefits

The Renaissance artist Michelangelo had carried out human dissections, which may have led him to include women with breast cancer in some of his pieces

People conceived during the UK's 1940s and 50s sugar rationing have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure than those conceived after rationing ended

The health benefits of fermented food and drink have long been touted, but firm evidence in favour of kombucha, sauerkraut and kefir is surprisingly elusive

A bird flu virus that has been circulating in dairy cattle for months has now been found in a pig in the US for the first time, raising the risk of the virus evolving to become more dangerous to people

Peaks in appetite and metabolism driven by our body's inbuilt clocks mean that eating at the wrong time can have consequences for our health and waistline

The British Heart Foundation’s Reflections of Research competition showcases beautiful images captured by researchers studying heart and circulatory disease

Experts predict that the number of cancer cases around the world will skyrocket, resulting in millions more fatalities by 2050

Chronic pain has increased among adults in the US since 2019, which could be due to a rise in sedentary lifestyles or reduced access to healthcare amid covid-19 restrictions

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the disease

From seed oils to olive oil, we now have an overwhelming choice of what to cook with. Here’s how they all stack up, according to the scientific evidence

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says hostages are "going through hell in the dungeons of Gaza" during meeting with President Biden at White House.

Speculation has already run rampant on who Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint to replace Sen. Marco Rubio if Rubio becomes President-elect Trump's secretary of state.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a "Nominees for the People" forum to crowdsource 4,000 positions in the Trump administration to Make America Healthy Again.

President-elect Trump is nominating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel, he announced Tuesday in a social media post.

The Biden administration will support a United Nations treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention, including China and Russia, which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics.

President-elect Trump has made six selections to serve in his Cabinet in the week since the election, a faster pace than he set when elected to the presidency in 2016.

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Despite his own isolationist musings, the first picks of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration hail from a decidedly more traditionalist wing of the Republican Party.

Trump would face little to no resistance in confirming his picks for Supreme Court justices in the majority-GOP Congress, but Alito has no plans to step down.

A FEMA supervisor fired for instructing subordinates to skip over houses with Trump signs says her actions were consistent with agency guidance and were not isolated to her team alone.

President-elect Trump announced that he had picked real estate investor and campaign donor Steve Witkoff to be his special envoy to the Middle East.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested another illegal immigrant charged with child sex offenses, as the state's governor says police won't help the Trump administration.

William McGinley is returning to the Trump White House to serve as his White House Counsel, President-elect Trump announced.

Social media commentators claimed Jill Biden refused to look at Vice President Harris as they were seated together at Arlington Cemetery for a Veterans' Day Remembrance.

While many states focused on issues like abortion and immigration throughout this election cycle, voters in California and Colorado approved tougher crime laws.

President-elect Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

Various Cook Children’s locations are experiencing a spike in cases of salmonella, but the Texas Department of State Health Services has not reported an outbreak.     Since July, the Emergency Department at Cook Children’s Medical Center – Fort Worth has also reported increased numbers of patients with salmonella.   “In... Continue Reading

Wonder Brands Inc. is recalling various brands of bread and buns because of pieces of metal in the products. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the recalled products were distributed in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The brands listed in the recall include Country Harvest, D’Italiano,... Continue Reading

Health officials in Saskatchewan Canada are urging customers of Domino’s Pizza in Martensville to watch for symptoms of typhoid fever. The restaurant’s customers may have been exposed to Salmonella typhi, also known as typhoid fever. Anyone who consumed food or drink from the Domino’s store at 717 Centennial Drive South... Continue Reading

In its annual report, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) warned that food incidents are becoming more complex and often serious. FSAI marked its 25th anniversary in 2023. External challenges impacting food safety include the potential for supply disruption due to political unrest in the Middle East and the... Continue Reading

An in-depth analysis in the United States, covering 2002 to 2023, reveals that biological contamination and allergens are the leading causes of food recalls. The study, recently published in the Journal of Food Protection, examined more than 35,000 food and beverage recalls overseen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration... Continue Reading

On Tuesday, three of nine ballot issues Denver voters had to decide dealt with animals and animal products. But nothing changed because all of them were slaughtered at the ballot  box. One of the ballot issues called for prohibiting any slaughterhouse from operating in the City or County of Denver. That... Continue Reading

Federal officials are investigating a new outbreak of E. coli O121:H19. A source of the pathogen has not yet been identified. The investigation is in its early stages, and 33 patients have been discovered. The Food and Drug Administration has not released any patient information, such as where the patients... Continue Reading

Israel has proposed a revised system of food business licensing to ease the regulatory burden on industry and improve sanitary conditions. The Ministry of Health said the current regulation, regarding business licensing in general and food businesses in particular, is outdated and places a heavy regulatory burden on companies. This... Continue Reading

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some dairy farm employees showed signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. The CDC concluded that more bird flu testing of dairy farm employees is required. According to Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal... Continue Reading

Germany has reported a decline in outbreaks for 2023, but more people were sick than in the previous year. In 2023, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) received 190 reports of foodborne outbreaks that caused 2,248 illnesses, 283 hospitalizations, and... Continue Reading

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published the 2022 Food Code Supplement. The Supplement updates the 2022 Food Code with recommendations from regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection.  The Food Code and its Supplement provide the government and industry with... Continue Reading

CIBUS Fresh of Noblesville, IN, is recalling CIBUS Fresh products containing Glenview Farms Spreadable Brie, 2/3lb because of a supplier notification of possible Listeria monocytogenes (products are listed below).  More information regarding the recent Brie recall can be found here. The product was distributed under the following labels: CIBUS Fresh,... Continue Reading

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Use the chart below to view import alerts.... Continue Reading

Australians have been urged to look before they cook and read the safety advice on food labels. The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) issued the call ahead of Australian Food Safety week from Nov. 9 to 16. Lydia Buchtmann, FSIC CEO, said the charity’s research shows that only 3 in... Continue Reading

Yu Shang Food, Inc., a Spartanburg, SC, business, over the weekend recalled 4,589 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products, which may have been adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ready-to-eat meat and poultry items were produced from... Continue Reading

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have uncovered critical links between socioeconomic factors — such as income, education level, and poverty — and an increased risk of Salmonella infections linked to ground beef consumption.  In a study published in the Journal of Food Protection, CDC researchers reported... Continue Reading

An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Sweden has been restarted after more people fell sick. From August to October, 81 people from 18 regions contracted Salmonella Typhimurium with sequence type (ST) 36. Where information about the country of infection is available, all cases were infected in Sweden. Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public... Continue Reading

Politics and pinball do sometimes have a lot in common. Both can produce surprising and unexpected results. Those lights and metal balls that pinball was known for before the digital age sometimes would make you an unexpected winner. Politics may do that for all those who want to revive the Farm Bill. Politics... Continue Reading

Several trade associations have called on European policymakers to reconsider the EU-Mercosur trade deal following findings from an audit in Brazil. The EU-Mercosur deal is an agreement between the European Union and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. A recently published audit report by DG Sante revealed Brazil’s issues in meeting European food... Continue Reading

Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada to test positive for the bird flu virus. The B.C. teen likely acquired the virus from exposure to a bird or animal. B.C. Health said the infection is a rare... Continue Reading