{"id":22936,"date":"2025-06-13T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22936"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:41:25","slug":"salmonella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/salmonella\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmonella"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salmonella Latest News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs has sickened at least 79 people across seven US states, with 21 of them hospitalized.\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Salmonella<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salmonella is a <\/span><b>type of bacteria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that causes food poisoning, known as Salmonella infection or <\/span><b>salmonellosis.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It naturally lives in animals\u2019 intestines and can be found in their feces (poop).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>spreads through contaminated food or water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is a common cause of stomach illness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salmonella spreads through contaminated food, water, and <\/span><b>contact with infected animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or people.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source of Salmonella<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common sources include raw or undercooked eggs, meat (like chicken, turkey, or beef), unwashed fruits and vegetables, untreated water, and unpasteurized dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yoghurt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even processed foods like chicken nuggets and nut butters can carry the bacteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pets like dogs, cats, birds, and reptiles may also carry the bacteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor hand hygiene during food preparation or eating increases the risk of infection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Symptoms of Salmonella infection<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People infected with Salmonella might have <\/span><b>diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some people\u2014especially children <\/span><b>younger than 5 years old, adults 65 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and older.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People with weakened immune systems\u2014may experience more severe illness that requires medical treatment or hospitalization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/health\/salmonella-outbreak-in-us-know-symptoms-causes-and-how-to-protect-yourself-101749636897971.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salmonella is a bacteria that causes food poisoning, known as salmonellosis, leading to symptoms like diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":50156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,818,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-22936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-salmonella","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}