McDonald's said the CDC told the company late last week about a potential link between its Quarter Pounder burgers and an E. coli outbreak.
An E. coli outbreak has been linked to McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. heartland, causing the fast-food chain to temporarily remove a classic from its menu. The company has pulled the popular Quarter Pounder from restaurants in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, and Wyoming, along with portions of eight other states.
A severe E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has sickened dozens of people in the US, mainly in Colorado and Nebraska, and killed one, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The U.S. CDC recommends that adults aged 75 years and above get an RSV shot. Those aged 60 to 74 years should only get the shot if they are at high risk for severe RSV due to chronic conditions.
News out of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting appeared to dim the commercial prospects of Merck's new pneumococcal vaccine.
British biotech stock GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) is trading lower, though it pared its steeper losses today, down 1% at $38.49 at last glance after earlier sliding as much as 7%.
Shares of vaccine makers Pfizer Inc., GSK PLC and Moderna Inc. dropped Wednesday as advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted their recommendations for who should be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus.
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A new human bird-flu case identified in a Michigan dairy worker is the first in the U.S. to involve acute respiratory symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.