Three Washington State families are seeking payment of medical bills and other damages for children who were hospitalized with E. coli infections after school activities at the Milk Maker’s Festival in Whatcom County. Bleachers used for the Milk Makers Festival had been stored in a dairy
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Milk Makers Fest E. Coli O157:H7 Outbreak Final Report Released
The Whatcom County Health Department (WCHD) in Bellingham investigated an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 infections. The Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assisted with the investigation. Environmental contamination with E. coli O157:H7 of the Dairy Barn at the Northwest Washington…
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Washington E. Coli Outbreak: Fairgrounds Dairy Barn was ‘Likely Source’ of Contamination
A Final Investigation Summary released Wednesday by the Whatcom County Health Department in Bellingham, WA, indicates that the source of the recent Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which sickened 25 people and hospitalized 10 of them, was probably the Dairy Barn at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, WA.…
Update: Case Count Now at 22 in Washington State E. Coli Outbreak
The number of E. coli O157:H7 infections in Whatcom County, WA, has been recalculated by federal and state investigators who have been on the scene since last week. As of Monday, May 18, the latest case count is 22 lab-confirmed cases, four cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), 10 people…
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Update: 23 Lab-Confirmed E. Coli Cases, 8 Hospitalized in Washington State
The latest reported case count in the E. coli outbreak in Washington state is 23 lab-confirmed cases, with 8 of those people hospitalized, and another 22 individuals exhibiting symptoms of the infection but whose lab results were not yet available. Most of those sickened are first-grade students from five local…
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