Updates ·
Health notices · Saturday 5 September
3 notices from the agencies today, in plain words, each with the original linked.
Food to Live green powder recalled over possible Salmonella contamination
CDC · Food safety
If you are a young child, frail, or elderly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that Food to Live brand green powder products may have possible Salmonella contamination.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious, sometimes fatal infections, especially in people at higher risk.
The CDC notes Lexunder Inc., doing business as Food To Live of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling these products to reduce the risk from possible contamination.
Ebola outbreak continues in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
World Health Organization (WHO) · Outbreak
If you are in (or have recently traveled to) the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda, this update matters because Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is still spreading.
WHO reports a cumulative 1460 confirmed cases, including 452 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Uganda, WHO reports 20 confirmed cases including two deaths, plus one probable case that died.
WHO also reports a laboratory-confirmed case in a medical doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late June 2026. Response measures are being implemented by national authorities with WHO and partners.
Governments continue work on a proposed pandemic agreement
WHO · News
If you live in a country that is part of WHO, this note is about governments continuing talks on a proposed pandemic agreement.
The work is meant to cover a global system for pathogen (germ) access and benefits sharing, pandemic prevention and “One Health” (linking human, animal and environmental health), and financial coordination for pandemic readiness.
This matters for you because the goal is a binding global plan to improve how the world prepares for and responds to future pandemics.
There is no specific action listed for the public in this notice.