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By Erin Lyall /
CBS News/ October 8, 2013, 2:36 PM
Foodborne illness monitors return to work at CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have brought back nearly a full staff of doctors and scientists to monitor foodborne illness in the United States.
"Earlier in the shutdown we had only one person on Pulsenet (the foodborne illness network)," CDC Public Affairs director Barbara Reynolds told CBS News. "But we're now bringing in almost a full staff to monitor the salmonella outbreak and 30 others."
The CDC typically monitors disease-causing microbes that signal multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks.The agency announced it was bringing in more staff the same day officials issued a health alert to Americans over a multi-state salmonella outbreak...
By Erin Lyall /
CBS News/ October 8, 2013, 2:36 PM
Foodborne illness monitors return to work at CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have brought back nearly a full staff of doctors and scientists to monitor foodborne illness in the United States.
"Earlier in the shutdown we had only one person on Pulsenet (the foodborne illness network)," CDC Public Affairs director Barbara Reynolds told CBS News. "But we're now bringing in almost a full staff to monitor the salmonella outbreak and 30 others."
The CDC typically monitors disease-causing microbes that signal multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks.The agency announced it was bringing in more staff the same day officials issued a health alert to Americans over a multi-state salmonella outbreak...