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Salmonella Blog
Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak Investigation, June – July 2007
After investigating the multi-state Salmonella outbreak, public health officials have concluded that Robert's American Gourmet brand Veggie Booty was the most likely source of the outbreak. Tests suggest that the…
Shigella Blog
Health Officials Controlling Outbreak of Shigella
Tri-State health officials say they've experienced an outbreak of shigella in the past few months, but that they've got the illness under control. Shigella is a bacteria that causes an…
Shigella Blog
Intestinal malady outbreak reported
A small outbreak of the intestinal infection known as shigellosis has been recorded in the past three weeks in Mobile County, the first outbreak health workers have seen in the…
E. coli Blog
E. coli cases linked to slaughtered goat at Captain’s Galley
The Captain's Galley restaurant in China Grove, N.C. is closed indefinitely after a recent E. coli outbreak that health officials believe is probably connected to a slaughtered goat. Cable News…
E. coli Blog
E. coli outbreak likely at China Grove Captain’s Galley
Health officials in Rowan and Cabarrus counties in North Carolina are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that could be linked to the Captain's Galley Seafood Restaurant in China Grove.…
Shigella Blog
Flying the Unfriendly Skys
GATE GOURMET OUTBREAK FACTS In September, 2004, health agencies from many U.S. states, as well as international health agencies, began reporting persons ill with Shigella sonnei infections. Tests conducted on…
Shigella Blog
Shigella outbreak in Citrus County
Brooksville, Florida - In response to a recent Shigella outbreak in several Citrus County day care centers, The Hernando County Health Department is working to educate local residents about the…
Shigella Blog
Shigellosis outbreak is afflicting children in day care
Health officials are calling on parents, caretakers, and workers at day-care centers and schools to help end an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness called shigellosis. The outbreak started…
Hepatitis Blog
Vacaville Eatery Investigated After Hepatitis A Outbreak
A Vacaville restaurant is being investigated by the Solano County Health Department after reports of Hepatitis A outbreak. Five customers became sick after eating at BJ's Brewhouse in mid-January of…
Salmonella Blog
CDC confirms 56 salmonella cases in Sierra Vista since September
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. Health officials still don't know the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 56 Sierra Vista residents since September. Officials with the federal Centers…