At least 100 people fell ill in Greece recently with contaminated water suspected as the source.
The Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) said an increased incidence of gastroenteritis cases was observed in late May in residents of the areas of Rizomylos and Stefanovikiou, Magnesia.
A total of 100 cases
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At least 46 cryptosporidium infections have been confirmed in England linked to contaminated water.
Torbay Council, South West Water, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), NHS Devon and the Environment Agency are investigating the outbreak. There have been around another 100 reported cases of diarrhea and vomiting.
South West Water
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A senator has called for the creation of an agency to deal with public health after almost 3,000 people fell ill in the Philippines.
Senator Win Gatchalian is co-author of the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Act, which seeks to create such an agency. The proposed center
Continue Reading Outbreak prompts call to create a CDC in the Philippines
Almost 1,000 people fell ill in a Campylobacter and Sapovirus outbreak in China in 2021, according to a recently released study.
The outbreak involved 996 patients and had two peaks over a 17 day period. Through case-control studies, scientists identified exposure to water from a secondary water supply system as
Continue Reading Large Campylobacter and Sapovirus outbreak in China linked to water
More than 450 people have been sickened in a Spanish town after drinking and using contaminated water.
Public health officials in Tarazona, in the province of Zaragoza, reported 452 illnesses since early September. Most patients have had a mild illness with symptoms including diarrhea, sometimes vomiting, and a fever.
Analyzes
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A waterborne typhoid fever outbreak sickened more than 20 people in China earlier this year.
The outbreak involved 23 patients in an apartment in Changping District in Beijing and was caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi through a polluted water supply.
It was the first report of a waterborne
Continue Reading China records Salmonella outbreak from contaminated water
More than 50 people are ill in Ireland after a failure at a treatment plant led to contaminated water being released to the public.
The Health and Service Executive (HSE) is investigating an outbreak in the town of Gorey in North Wexford. There have been 52 confirmed illnesses linked to
Continue Reading 50 sick in Ireland by contaminated drinking water; officials chided
More than 550 people have fallen sick and two have died because of Salmonella infection in a Venezuelan state.
Governor of Anzoátegui, Antonio Barreto Sira, said a new Salmonella outbreak has been detected with 571 people ill and at least two deaths. Anzoátegui is in northeastern Venezuela.
Data from the
Continue Reading Salmonella sickens 550 in Venezuelan state; two patients have died
Federal officials say contaminated canal water near romaine lettuce growing fields is the likely source of the unusually virulent strain of E. coli that
Continue Reading Canal water likely source of E. coli in romaine-related outbreak
An unknown quantity of a wide variety of processed foods ranging from vegan PB&J sandwiches to Halal bologna tray lunches that were distributed to unnamed “external customers” is being recalled by the Washington State Department of Corrections because it was made with contaminated water.
The recall, posted May 24 on
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