Science

NASA’s Space Shuttles Helped Advance Salmonella Vaccine Research

Having suffered Salmonella poisoning before, I can definitively say it is not fun. And that’s why I’m pleased to hear that research on Salmonella and MSRA vaccines have been helped along by the now-defunct NASA Space Shuttle program.


September 25, 2010
Science

How Did One Man Contaminate Half A Billion Eggs?

A single man – poultry tycoon Austin J. DeCoster – was responsible for this year’s salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people across 22 US states and forced a recall of half a billion eggs. How did it get to this point?