Food banks may close as covid cases surge, charity warns

Special Report: America’s Food Banks Say Charity Won’t End Hunger Special Report: America’s Food Banks Say Charity Won’t End Hunger

Tough quarantine plans may hurt Ebola fight, Obama administration warns.

The decision by several US states to quarantine health workers returning from west Africa for 21 days could make it harder to end the outbreak of Ebola virus disease, the Obama administration warned over the weekend. Four states—NewYork, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois—have said they will require mandatory quarantine of anyone who has had contact with someone infected with the Ebola virus whi...

Cases reported as food poisoning

Acute and chronic illnesses and death due to contaminated food continue to be serious public health concerns in developing countries, with a disproportionally high burden borne by children under five (Kirk et al., 2010 [1]). In addition to health concerns, foodborne illnesses also have serious economic consequences in terms of lost wages and productivity (Henson, 2003 [2]). The number cases rep...

The Allocation of Food to Food Banks

Food banks throughout the U.S. provide nutrition to the needy. Much of the food that is distributed through food banks often originates with donors large manufacturers or distributors far from those needy clients. How that food is distributed by Feeding America, a large not-for-profit, is the subject of this essay. In 2005, Feeding America transitioned from the centralized allocation process, w...

WHO warns over complacency as targets on Ebola are met.

An official leading the World Health Organization’s response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa has warned against complacency as the targets set by the United Nations for safe burial and isolation are met. At the end of October the UN’s Mission for Ebola Emergency Response set two targets to be met by 1 December—that 70% of burials took place in a safe and dignified manner a...