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Child dies in Norway after E. coli infection

By News Desk on July 30, 2020

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 disease hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)…
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Listeriosis death prompts investigation, closure of hospital catering company

By Joe Whitworth on February 23, 2019

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 the state of Victoria said…
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Her office confirms the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter at age 88

By News Desk on March 16, 2018
U.S. Rep Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

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…
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Oregon Officials Say Source of Deadly E. Coli Infection May Never be Found

By News Desk on September 12, 2014

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 that the source may never…
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Oregon Girl, 4, Dies From Complications Linked to E. Coli

By James Andrews on September 10, 2014

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 spoke with Food Safety News.…
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One Dead, 16 Sickened in B.C. E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Cheese

By News Desk on September 18, 2013

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 Public Health Agency of …
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Multistate E. Coli O145 Outbreak Confirmed in Southern U.S.

By James Andrews on June 6, 2012

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 health departments confirmed with Food …
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Sources Remain Mysteries in Two Separate E. Coli Deaths

By James Andrews on June 5, 2012

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 explanations. In Millbury,…
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Gastroenteritis Deaths Have Doubled

By Mary Rothschild on March 14, 2012

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 be lethal, and

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Another Cantaloupe Outbreak Victim Dies

By Mary Rothschild on February 22, 2012

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 fatalities to 34 in the

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Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak One of Deadliest

By Dan Flynn on September 28, 2011

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 2008 and early 2009.

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