Recent outbreaks in western Wisconsin and Georgia have added more lines to the rap sheet of E. coli O157:H7. The Wisconsin case was traced to contaminated cheese curds. In the Georgia outbreak, a child with diarrhea apparently tainted the kiddie pool at a water park, and children got sick after swallowing pool water.

Scientists have established a unique population of pigs that can help heart disease research. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, strengthens the claim that these particular swine are an exceptional animal model of human coronary artery disease.

Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison indicates that it takes high levels of alcohol to produce the facial changes associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.