# Bacteria
NJDOH Investigates Cluster of Legionnaires’ Disease Near Border of Passaic & Bergen Counties
A cluster of Legionnaire's disease was confirmed near the Passaic and Bergen county bordersPhoto byNational Cancer InstituteonUnsplash. A cluster of Legionnaires disease cases in residents across Passaic and Bergen has led the NJ Department of Health to investigate.
Cases of bacteria that consume flesh have increased in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian
Local health officials in the Florida county devastated by Hurricane Ian report an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria illnesses and deaths. An illustration model of Vibrio Vulnificus bacteria.BSIP: Universal Images Group / Getty Images.
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There's a Microscopic Battle Inside Your Cheese
New research sheds light into the constant life-or-death war happening in your dairy products. Oh, the battlefield! Oh, the trauma!Photo by Alexander Maasch on Unsplash. Cheese: it’s delicious, it is a vital component in many foods (and many Tiktok-inspired food abominations), and there’s even some argument that it may be addictive (or, at least, it lights up the same areas of the brain that are triggered by addictive substances).
Can Your Mouth Bacteria Cause Hearing Loss?
“Your mouth microbiome might be threatening your hearing!” “What?”. Despite what you may have seen in childhood cartoons, your head is not hollow. We cannot shine a flashlight into one ear and out the other — and no matter how hard you take a drag on a cigarette, you won’t get smoke wafting out through your ears.
Ground Beef Recall Drives Food Costs To All-Time High
E. Coli Warning!(Cat Lane/iStock) Over 120,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled last week due to exposure to E. Coli. The meat came from a plant in New Jersey. Lakeside Food Services in Swedesboro, New Jersey had to pull more than sixty tons of beef from circulation due to the threat of E.Coli.