article thumbnail

Foodborne Illness costs the United States $17.6 billion yearly in 2018 dollars

Bill Marler

billion in 2018 dollars, holding the number of cases constant. From 2013 to 2018, inflation for the entire U.S. The cost of inpatient hospital services accounted for 74 percent of the inflation of medical care costs for foodborne illness between 2013 and 2018, ERS researchers found. billion in 2018 dollars).

article thumbnail

Settlement reached in Acute Kidney Failure case linked to 2017/2018 E. coli Outbreak

Bill Marler

Ultimately, the cluster included approximately 17 cases from ten states, all of whom had experienced an onset of symptoms from November 6, 2017, to January 9, 2018. . The Spring 2018 E. Almost all the confirmed cases in this outbreak, known by CDC Cluster Code 1804 MLEXH-1, occurred from March 13 through early May 2018. .

FDA 130
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2018 for Salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria and Campylobacter are out

Bill Marler

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) are out with their attribution (what foods are likely to be contaminated) for 2018. Here is the full report: P19-2018-report-TriAgency-508. Here is the Summary: Salmonella illnesses came from a wide variety of foods.

article thumbnail

Global Air Travel Capacity Set to Surpass Yearly Flight Figures in 2018 and 2019

Hospitality Net

Travel offered to both corporate and leisure clients combined is set to surpass the annual travel capacity in 2018 and 2019, that is according to FCM Consulting’s Q4-2023* Quarterly Global Trends Report, citing data from Cirium.

97
article thumbnail

Marriott International Resolves State Attorneys General and Federal Trade Commission Investigations into 2018 Starwood Database Security Incident

Hospitality Net

State Attorneys General and the District of Columbia in relation to the 2018 Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide guest reservations database security incident. (NASDAQ: MAR, “Marriott”) has reached final resolutions with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 49 U.S.

72
article thumbnail

E. coli Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce from Yuma Arizona – 2018 – An Update

Bill Marler

In April 2018, the New Jersey Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of two E. In June 2018, E. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, 2018; 67(10): 1-11. Environmental Assessment; Yuma 2018 E. coli infection clusters.

K-12 130
article thumbnail

Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline Marks Highest Year-Over-Year Project Growth Since 2018

Hospitality Net

The region boasts an impressive 11% year-over-year (YOY) increase in projects and a 2% YOY rise in rooms, marking the most substantial growth by projects since Q1 2018.

75