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Epidemiology

Smithfield Foods announced this weekend that it will close its Sioux Falls, South Dakota pork processing plant indefinitely, following the recommendations of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.

The coronavirus shutdowns are dealing severe blows to Wisconsin dairy farmers who typically sell large amounts of products to the now-decimated school, restaurant, and hospitality industries.
 

In our last CAHFS Weekly Update, the topic of stigma, misinformation, and fear was briefly discussed. This was brought to light with the recent outrage about where infected or suspected patients should be quarantined and/or isolated in the US.

Federal officials still cannot say for sure where the blackberries, associated with a Hepatitis A outbreak leading to 20 lab confirm cases, came from. More than half of the 20 cases have required hospitalization according to the CDC.

Iowa submitted a proposed hemp production program to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for approval on December 11, 2019, paving the way for legal hemp production in the state.

A bat found in a Benton County parking lot tested positive for rabies, according to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. A man and his son found the bat between two parked cars in an apartment parking lot on Dec. 23 and brought it to a local wildlife rehabilitation center.

It has been one year since an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To date, there have been nearly 3,000 human cases with over 1,800 deaths in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri.

The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety has a long history of collaborating with the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Board of Animal Health to implement solutions to the state’s most pressing public health problems.