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A new study by the Centers for Disease Control finds fish and chicken as the most linked foods for foodborne disease outbreaks. Over a six-year period, the CDC analyzed more than 5,700 foodborne disease outbreaks that result in more than 100,000 illnesses and 145 deaths...

The National Turkey Federation says its members are fully cooperating with a CDC-USDA investigation into an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that’s been linked to raw turkey products.  MeatingPlace.com says the outbreak has affected 90 people across 26 states since November.  The CDC said ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a week ago confirmed its widely cited research on farmer suicides was wrong.   The research from 2016 reported that farmers have the highest suicide rate in the country.  That report found that workers in the “farming, fishing, and forestry,” job category held a suicide rate over four times the national average, far and away the highest in the study. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating several multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks. As of June 1, 124 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 36 states...

On Tuesday, National Farmers Union President Roger Jonson wrote Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, asking that the USDA proactively address the farmer suicide crisis.  Johnson wrote many farmers and ranchers are coping with alarming levels of stress, and USDA should serve a critical role in providing support to farmers in crisis.  Jo...

On Thursday, senators Tammy Baldwin and Joni Ernst introduced legislation to fund the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.  The two say the legislation will provide farmers with critical support and resources to respond to the difficult economic times.  A recen...

Last week, lawmakers in the House introduced legislation to provide farmers with stress assistance programs.  The Stemming the Tide of Rural Economic Stress and Suicide, or STRESS Act, seeks to make mental health treatment more available for farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers.  The leg...

How is illegal drug use impacting rural America?  Ann Haslett, USDA's Assistant Secretary for Rural Development.   Nearly 64,000 Americans died from a drug overdose. And that is more than the number of people whose lives were lost either in car accidents or gun-related homicides. That's r...

The Benton Franklin Health District confirmed Wednesday a Franklin County man in his 30s has tested positive for the Zika virus.  The unidentified man recently traveled to Mexico.  While the virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, once a person is infected, the virus can be spread via sexual contact.  The typ...

According to a new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the occupations with workers that killed themselves most often were farmers, lumberjacks and fishermen.  Researchers found the highest suicide rates in manual laborers who work in isolation and face unsteady employment.  ...