Food safety becomes election issue as major outbreaks, recalls cause concern
Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made food safety a concern of voters.
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Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made food safety a concern of voters.
U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
It feels like there's been a new food recall every week this summer, but former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the number of recalls has been on par with other years. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins "The Takeout" with more.
Kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit a record high last year in the U.S., according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Dr. Celine Gounder breaks it down.
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high for the 2025-2026 school year
Missed the second half of the show? Sen. Bernie Sanders, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent Nicole Sganga join.
A Minnesota woman says she fainted, spiked a 102-degree fever, and was hospitalized with sepsis three days after eating a chicken burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Roseville, and genetic testing connected her case to a multistate outbreak, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Several states are reporting outbreaks of foodborne illnesses stemming from salmonella and cyclospora. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, joins CBS News with food safety tips.
The U.S. has been hit with another foodborne illness outbreak, as Chipotle, Qdoba and other restaurants pull jalapeños linked to salmonella. Meanwhile, officials are still struggling with a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce. Shanelle Kaul has more.
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states total this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.
The Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz in a 51 to 44 vote.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Dr. Erica Schwartz would become the 22nd director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On any given day, kids consume an average of 19.4 milligrams of caffeine, which is about two-thirds of what's in a can of Coke, according to a new report.
The acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of an abuse of power during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health and the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke with Matt Gutman about Dr. Anthony Fauci's hearing on Wednesday and other health issues that affect many Americans.
Dr. Anthony Fauci will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul released over a thousand pages of journal entries from Fauci's pandemic-era diary. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins CBS News to discuss.
Amid the outbreak of cyclospora, a CBS News poll finds 40% of Americans say they are buying or eating less produce. Nearly half of those polled say they have little or no confidence in the FDA to deal with the outbreak. Carter Evans reports.
The cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has spread to nine states. Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan's chief medical executive, joins with more.
Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that while the current administration has done a good job isolating and identifying the cyclospora pathogen, the spread isn't "under control yet" and that federal officials need to do more to communicate with the American public. Gottlieb also discussed skyrocketing measles cases and whether that trend is likely to continue.
Americans say they aren't convinced the cyclospora outbreak is under control as confirmed cases near 2,000.
Federal health officials said they've identified a new outbreak of the cyclospora parasite, but the source hasn't been specified.
A woman who had cyclosporiasis said the parasite made her "really weak." There are more than 4,000 confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control. CBS News' Carter Evans has more.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday the outbreak of a severe intestinal illness is under control, adding the source has been identified. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf joins to assess the federal government's response.