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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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
Continue Reading Listeriosis death prompts investigation, closure of hospital catering company
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
Continue Reading Her office confirms the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter at age 88
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
Continue Reading Oregon Officials Say Source of Deadly E. Coli Infection May Never be Found
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.
Continue Reading Oregon Girl, 4, Dies From Complications Linked to E. Coli
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
Continue Reading One Dead, 16 Sickened in B.C. E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Cheese
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
Continue Reading Multistate E. Coli O145 Outbreak Confirmed in Southern U.S.
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,
Continue Reading Sources Remain Mysteries in Two Separate E. Coli Deaths
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
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
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.
The
Continue Reading Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak One of Deadliest
