The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has recently confirmed that a person who works at the ShopRite at Oxford and Levick, located at 6301 Oxford St, Philadelphia, has acute hepatitis A. The store is aware
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City health department still mostly mum on E. coli outbreak investigation
Philadelphia officials have added more people to the patient list in an E. coli outbreak that is associated with “shared restaurant exposure.”
Earlier this month the Philadelphia Department of Public Health reported the outbreak but…
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Philadelphia reports E. Coli outbreak with “shared restaurant exposure”
Philadelphia, a city already dealing with one public health crisis, now must battle an E. coli outbreak.
As many as 14 new E. coli infections in Philadelphia may involve ” shared restaurant exposure,” according to…
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National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk
A McDonald’s in Johnson City, TN, and a Little Caesar’s Pizza in Newark, OH, put their customers at risk of exposure to hepatitis A by permitting an employee with the liver disease to report for…
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Nearly 100 People Sickened After Attending Philadelphia Banquet
Dozens of lawyers and law students fell ill after attending a Feb. 27 banquet in Philadelphia, and the incident is now a suspected foodborne illness outbreak, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The city’s health…
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Philadelphia Cupcake Truck Confiscated
According to the Department of Licenses and Inspections in Philadelphia, a woman known as “the cupcake lady” had her converted mail truck seized last week after not having a proper permit to be running her…