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Ventura Foods is recalling thousands of cases of salad dressings sold at retailers including Costco and Publix because the condiments could contain “foreign objects,” according to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration.More than 3,500 cases of different varieties of salad dressing could be contaminated by “black plastic planting material” in granulated onion, an ingredient in the dressings, according to the FDA.Irvine, California-based Ventura Foods initiated the voluntary recall on Nov. 6. The salad dressing products were distributed to seven different retailers at 42 store locations across 27 states. The company is recalling the following types of salad dressing:Creamy…
At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe.The newborn was coughing so badly, her skin turned a sickly gray-blue color. Her face contorted as she tried to gulp air.“I think the longest she would stop breathing was about 10, 11 seconds,” said her mother, Sophie Owens, 24.Soon, Feleena was airlifted to Dallas, about 80 miles away from the small city of Sulphur Springs, Texas, near where the Owenses lived at the time.“They did tell us that if we didn’t bring her in when we did, there is a high possibility she wouldn’t have seen the next day,”…
Norovirus cases are likely rising in Los Angeles, wastewater data shared by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows.Wastewater sampling — which collects water from sewers or treatment systems to analyze for pathogens or pollutants — shows that during the 21-day period ending on Dec. 11, norovirus detection in wastewater rose 154% in Los Angeles and more than 250% in Los Angeles County, according to ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC”Based on past trends, Public Health expects norovirus activity to rise between November to April, when outbreaks are more common during the cooler months,” the health department said…
A new flu strain that has been dominating cold and flu season overseas is on the rise in the United States.The mutated strain, known as subclade K, originates from the most common flu-causing virus, influenza A, and one of its most common variations, H3N2. This could mean a particularly brutal flu season, especially with the current vaccine being a mismatch to the rapidly-spreading variant.There’s no need to panic yet, though – as we get deeper into flu season and more data becomes available, early evidence is emerging that the vaccine still provides good protection against serious illness from subclade K.As…
Curious just how much time you’re spending on LinkedIn?Well, now you can find out how many days out of the 365-day calendar year you’re logging in — among other stats — from LinkedIn’s “Year in Review” feature.Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is one of many platforms following in Spotify’s footsteps with a personalized end-of-year recap of users’ data. This year, several companies joined in on the Spotify Wrapped fun, including YouTube and Uber Eats (shortly following an SNL spoof).Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a wish list of what other apps I wanted “wrapped.” LinkedIn was one of them.Thank you for fulfilling…
Hollywood may be embattled. But it’s still capable of putting out a compelling narrative: On Wednesday morning, news broke that Netflix has won (for now) the right to buy Warner Bros. studio and HBO.A few hours later, news broke that YouTube is going to be the new host of the Oscars.Even the dullest of us can understand this storyline: In a single day, three of old media’s most treasured assets have been acquired by digital usurpers — internet services that used to be dismissed by media giants, and are now giants themselves.If Netflix does end up walking away with most…
People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of developing dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association, according to a new study.Those who consumed 50 grams per day or more of high-fat cheese daily – roughly a third of a cup – had a lower overall risk of dementia, vascular dementia, a form of cognitive decline caused by impaired blood flow to the brain, according to the 25-year Swedish study of nearly 28,000 people published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.People who averaged at…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The shooting at Brown University on Saturday happened inside an engineering building at the eastern edge of campus, where the Ivy League school blends into a residential neighborhood.Hours before the attack, security camera footage captured a person of interest police say may have been “casing” a quiet and affluent corner of College Hill, just out of reach of the busier streets that cross through the urban campus in Providence, Rhode Island.Here is a timeline of video evidence that police and the FBI have disclosed so far:2 p.m. to 2:08 p.m.: The earliest of videos disclosed by…
Hollywood’s biggest night is going to a streamer.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday that YouTube will hold the global rights to the Oscars from 2029 through 2033.While that means they’ll no longer be on ABC starting in 2029, ending a more than 50-year run of consecutive broadcasts on the television network, the Oscars will continue to be available for free worldwide — just on YouTube and YouTube TV. As part of the partnership, red carpet coverage and other behind-the-scenes content from before the award show is also included.The news comes as streamers like YouTube, Netflix,…
The executive who led Amazon’s efforts to build top AI models is out. Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist, is leaving two years after launching a new Artificial General Intelligence group. CEO Andy Jassy said Prasad plans to depart at the end of the year. Prasad was elevated to report directly to Jassy in 2023 to lead the AGI team, which was tasked with developing Amazon’s “most ambitious” AI models, Business Insider reported at the time.Since then, Prasad helped launch Amazon’s Nova family of AI models. Although Nova models earned some praise for their efficiency, they still trail frontier models…