They visited Bordeaux, France, last month for the Rugby World Cup and reported eating home-canned sardines in the same bar and restaurant
The University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) reports that 15 cases of botulism poisoning resulted, including one death.
The deadly outbreak was confirmed
Continue Reading U.S. researchers confirm canned sardines spread deadly botulism during Rugby World Club held in France
The CDC is warning about a steep increase in the number of infections from antibiotic-resistant infections from Shigella, which is often foodborne.
In a health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Alert Network (HAN), it was revealed that 5 percent of Shigella infections, known as Shigellosis
Continue Reading The uptick in antibiotic-resistant Shigella infections prompts CDC health alert
Foodborne illnesses in the United States decreased by 26 percent in 2020 compared with the average from 2017-19, according to a report released today.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that its FoodNet surveillance system identified 18,462 infections, including 4,788 hospitalizations and 118 deaths, according to the Morbidity
Continue Reading Foodborne illnesses decreased in 2020; could be result of pandemic factors
A study shows promise for future victims of botulism poisoning, which is a particularly dangerous foodborne illness that can quickly paralyze respiratory muscles causing suffocation.
The botulism antitoxin heptavalent (BAT) therapy described in a new post-licensure study greatly reduced length and severity of symptoms in adults infected with Clostridium botulinum
Continue Reading Data shows experimental botulism antitoxin highly effective in adults
Editor’s note: CIDRAP News originally published this report by Chris Dall on Dec. 15, 2016.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week published new estimates of the incidence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella infections in the United States, putting the burden at about 6,200 cases annually.
In a report in
Continue Reading Half of antibiotic resistant Salmonella cases from 4 serotypes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening up regulations on the marketing and labeling of so-called “medically important antimicrobials” used on food animals. Such a move has long been sought by those concerned about how overuse of such drugs can lead to antibiotic resistance and threaten public health.
Continue Reading FDA: Marketing, labeling of animal antibiotics to change in 2017
