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Legionnaire's Disease News
Twelve Are Hospitalized with Legionnaires’ In Flushing Neighborhood of NYC
Update, Nov. 3 The count of individuals infected with Legionnaires' disease in downtown Flushing was increased to 15 on Thursday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…
Food Safety News
Food poisoning victim count nears 160 in jambalaya outbreak
By Coral Beach
A week after softball fundraisers served up jambalaya in a Louisiana town of about 400, state health officials reported a food poisoning victim count of 158, with 40 hospitalized. One…
Food Safety News
More sick, 1 possible death in Salmonella outbreak in Canada
By Coral Beach
Canadian health officials are urging consumers to check their homes for certain frozen “Janes Pub Style” breaded chicken because DNA tests have matched Salmonella in the products to victims of…
Food Safety News
CDC finds hepatitis A was carried from San Diego to AZ shelter
By Coral Beach
For months a hepatitis A outbreak has been described in terms of homeless and drug-addicted victims in San Diego. New information this week from local, state and federal health officials…
Food Safety News
CDC: Outbreak bacteria traced to Petland is antibiotic resistant
By Coral Beach
With the victim count having jumped 40 percent in the past three weeks, the CDC has nothing but bad news to report today on a multi-state Campylobacter outbreak traced to…
Food Safety News
Cyclospora cases through the roof; CDC can’t find source
By Coral Beach
Almost 1,000 people in the United States have contracted infections from Cyclospora parasites since May 1. Health officials are baffled, saying they haven’t been able to discover the source of…
Food Safety News
Denmark’s deadly Listeria outbreak makes headlines in Poland
By News Desk
A Listeria outbreak involving Poland's BK Salmon that has sickened four Danes, killing one, since May could have been worse. The Dansk Supermarket Group with 1,500 stores in four countries,…
Food Safety News
Hepatitis A found in freshcut pineapple in British Columbia
By Coral Beach
Anyone who has eaten Western Family brand freshcut pineapple in British Columbia recently is at risk of developing Hepatitis A and has an extremely limited amount of time to take…
Food Safety News
More Campylobacter cases in Seattle; poultry possible source
By News Desk
For the second time this week public health officials in the Seattle area have disclosed an investigation into Campylobacter infections suspected to have been foodborne. Wednesday the Seattle & King…
Hepatitis Blog
Hepatitis A Illnesses Spike in California, Colorado and Michigan
By Bill Marler
Thanks to HepMag.com for a great summary of ongoing hepatitis A outbreaks going on in the US. California Public health officials first detected the hepatitis A outbreak in November 2016…