Health News Dec. 11th

83 percent of grocery store chicken meat found infected with bacteria -- A report released Monday by Consumer Reports found that 83 percent of the 525 chickens it tested were infected with campylobacter, salmonella bacteria, or both, and recommended that consumers cook all chicken to 165 degrees and wash their hands with soap and water after handling it.

A Raw-Milk Raid Leads to a Special Thanksgiving -- After a Kentucky raw-milk farmer gets busted in Ohio, his shareholders decide to help run the farm and its distribution business. Be sure to read the comment section.

USDA Attempts to Pack Organic Standards Board With Corporate Agribusiness Reps -- Organic Consumers Fight Hijacked Seats on NOSB. Take Action NOW by following the link on the above hyperlink.

Google Video: What's in a Flu Shot -- Before you get your next (bird) flu shot, watch this short vid and make sure it's something you really think you need.

From Australia: Diabetes vaccine ready for testing -- AUSTRALIAN scientists will test a new type 1 diabetes vaccine on hundreds of children.


Another E.coli outbreak rattles California farmers -- California's farming industry is girding for another potential black eye after a second outbreak this year of a potentially deadly E. coli strain linked to its crops.