4/3/13 Health News: ZAPPING RAW EGGS WITH RADIO WAVES ♦ Deadly Ebola Virus ♦ Should Spent Grains From Craft Breweries be Used for Cattle Food

ZAPPING RAW EGGS WITH RADIO WAVES CAN ZAP SALMONELLA

Raw chicken eggs are in many commonly consumed foods – eggnog, hollandaise sauce and mayonnaise, to name a few – and since about one of every 20,000 chicken eggs in the U.S. runs a high risk of containing Salmonella bacteria, the only way to be sure these bacteria are killed is to hard-boil the eggs... Continue Reading

Deadly Ebola Virus Reaches Guinean Capital Conakry

An outbreak of the Ebola virus - which has already killed 59 people in Guinea - has reached the capital Conakry, the UN's children agency has warned. Unicef said the haemorrhagic fever had spread quickly from southern Guinea, hundreds of kilometres away. Scores of cases have been recorded since the outbreak began last month. There is no known cure or vaccine. Continue Reading

CO CRAFT BREWERIES ENLIST VULNERABLE U.S. SENATOR IN PUSHBACK ON SPENT GRAINS

Spent grains, a brewing byproduct long fed to livestock, might end up in landfills if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not lift its heavy hand when it comes to the newly proposed animal food rule, cattle producers say. And, while the multi-billion-dollar ethanol industry has not yet weighed in on this controversy,... Continue Reading