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Ok, I understand that discussing the potential lethality of foodborne illnesses is not the most uplifting topic, but it is a crucial aspect of food safety that often ranks
A child in Norway has died in a hospital after suffering complications from an E. coli infection.
The 2-year-old, from the Oslo area of the country, developed the serious kidney
Health authorities in Australia have closed a catering firm while they investigate the death of a woman who contracted listeriosis.
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services in
One of the most prominent food safety advocates in Congress is dead at age 88.
The office of Rep Lousie Slaughter, D-NY this morning confirmed the Congresswoman who has represented
Health officials in Oregon are testing several possible contaminants that could be the source of the E. coli infection that killed a 4-year-old Oregon girl this week, but they warn
A 4-year-old Oregon girl has died from medical complications possibly resulting from an E. coli infection contracted sometime just before Labor Day weekend, according to the girl’s uncle, who
The outbreak of E. coli linked to Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm in Canada has resulted in one death, as well as 10 confirmed and six suspected illnesses, according to
The E. coli O145 outbreak that killed a 21-month-old girl in New Orleans on May 31 is connected to at least 11 illnesses across the southern United States, multiple state
Two unrelated E. coli deaths at the end of May — a 6-year-old Massachusetts boy and a 21-month-old girl in Louisiana — still have public health officials searching for possible sources and
Most people erroneously call it “stomach flu” and think of it as an unpleasant nuisance, but the vomiting and diarrhea caused by inflammation of the stomach and intestines — gastroenteritis – can
After a five-month battle with listeriosis from eating contaminated cantaloupe, 68-year-old Mike Hauser of Colorado died Tuesday morning, the Denver Post reported.
Hauser’s death brings the number of adult
A month-old outbreak of listeriosis in 18 states is now officially the most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness since poison peanut butter killed nine people with Salmonella Typhimurium in late
