My kids love a Dr. Seuss book called Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? The Cat in the Hat author provides a list of choices that are a bit weird -- "would you rather be a ball, or would you rather be a bat?”.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The number of people in Onondaga County sick with a bacterial gastrointestinal infection has climbed to 34. The county Health Department reported today there are now 21 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases of shigellosis. At the end of last week there were 25 confirmed and probable cases.

LAS VEGAS – The Southern Nevada Health District is revamping its food handler card program this summer as it implements a new online food handler education course, eliminates temporary health cards and pares down the number of visits to the health district to receive a food handler or child care card.

Beef producers have become quite successful at detecting and preventing contamination of E. coli O157:h7 in their raw beef products—that’s thanks to years of experience after the Shiga toxin-producing bacterial strain (STEC) was first declared as an adulterant in raw beef in 1994.