With nearly 100 laboratory-confirmed patients in an E. Coli outbreak linked to daycare centers, investigators could be looking at weeks or months before their work is done.
Eleven daycare centers in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, have been closed because of the illnesses, which now number 96. During a press conference
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An E. Coli outbreak in Calgary, Canada, has closed 11 daycare centers and hospitalized a dozen people.
Alberta Health Services reports at least 50 children with symptoms of E. Coli infection have gone to hospitals. There are 17 lab-confirmed patients.
All 11 daycare centers share a common kitchen, according to
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More than 20 E. coli infections are being investigated in a German municipality.
Four day care centers in the Lützow-Lübstorf district are affected by the outbreak of E. coli O26. Lützow-Lübstorf is in Nordwestmecklenburg, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) are often referred to as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
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County public health officials in Omaha, NE, have confirmed they are investigating a Salmonella outbreak at a daycare center, but they have not reported how many of the 100 children enrolled at the center are sick.
A spokesman for the Douglas County health department told numerous local media outlets that
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A spokeswoman for the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) told Food Safety News on Wednesday, Aug. 12, that there are two confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 and that there have also been two hospitalizations so far. Jennifer O’Malley, director of the department’s office of public affairs, said that
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Eighty-six children may have been sickened by a Staphylococcus aureus toxin found in food served at the Montgomery, AL, daycares they attended. Of those children, 30 were hospitalized and, as of Friday, two were reportedly still there. The Alabama Department of Public Health found the toxin in food products served
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Ohio health officials are currently investigating hundreds of cases of Shigella infection that have cropped up in the state this year. As many as 770 cases have recently been reported in Columbus alone, the Associated Press reports. Many of the cases revolve around child care centers and other places
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At least four children at an Alabama daycare contracted Salmonella infections between the end of September and middle of October. Health officials say other cases may be linked to the outbreak. Milestones Learning Center in Auburn, AL says four children who attend the daycare fell ill with what later turned
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In the past three months, an unusually high number of people have contracted Shigella sonnei infections in Douglas County, Nebraska, prompting a safety warning by the local health department. Normally, the area sees about 31 confirmed cases of shigellosis (the infection caused by Shigella bacteria) each year, according to the
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Holly House nursery in Dollingstown near Lurgan is getting ready to reopen after 12 British children were infected there with E. coli O157:H7.
The source of the sometimes-deadly pathogen remains unknown. The County Down nursery closed because of the outbreak, and followed other recommendations from the United Kingdom’s Public Health
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