Cases of cryptosporidium are almost four times higher than last year across parts of the U.K., with 267 sick, prompting an investigation by the Health Protection Agency. A possible source of infection has not been identified although the distribution of cases suggests it is unlikely that public water supplies are implicated.

Abstract Background Campylobacter concisus, a bacterium colonizing the human oral cavity, has been shown to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study investigated if patients with IBD are colonized with specific oral C. concisus strains that have potential to cause enteric diseases. Methodology

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm it is investigating a recent increase in cases of the gastrointestinal infection, cryptosporidiosis, across four regions in England – the North East, Yorkshire, West Midlands and East Midlands.

Do students at the thousands of culinary and catering programs learn any food safety? BBC News reports Reading College has been fined £7,000 after admitting students breached food regulations by serving liver pate which had not been cooked to the required temperature and made a bunch of old folks sick.