Melbourne Cup functions linked to widespread Salmonella illness

A Brisbane catering company is thought to be responsible for a widespread outbreak of Salmonella poisoning, that has been linked to the death of a 77-year-old woman, following Melbourne Cup functions.At least 220 people have reported illness following attending catered Melbourne Cup functions found to have salmonella infected food.

Mapping The Risk Of Anaemia From Malnutrition, Malaria, And Helminth Infections In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa

In this week’s PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhães and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali…