While health authorities in Germany and neighboring countries deal with an outbreak of toxic E.coli, epidemiologists and doctors around the world are monitoring developments in Europe with especially keen
Health authorities in Germany are still trying to trace the source of an outbreak of E. coli 0104 that has sickened hundreds and killed at least three, possibly five. But
The alarming outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in Germany has been linked to fresh cucumbers grown in Spain, and perhaps other raw vegetables. Meanwhile, the epidemic may be spreading
In 1885, a 28-year-old German-Austrian physician named Theodor Escherich wanted to understand why infants and small children were prone to diarrhea. So he started studying his young patients’ stool specimens
German health officials Tuesday continued to grope for clues to the source of an outbreak of non-O157 E.coli that has killed three German women and sickened hundreds more, many
Press reports from northern Germany say public health authorities there are trying to determine if uncooked vegetables might be the source of an E. coli outbreak that has claimed at
Although health department investigators have not been able to pinpoint the cause of a Salmonella outbreak in St. Charles, Illinois, they say evidence suggests it was the salad at Portillo’
On the 11th anniversary of what Canadians refer to as the Walkerton Tragedy, the Ontario government announced it has paid more than $72 million ($74.4 million US) in compensation
Not so long ago, milk was this country’s number 1 food safety concern. Before milk was routinely pasteurized beginning in the 1920s, it regularly caused large outbreaks of deadly
The raw Florida oysters that sickened at least 11 people during March and April were contaminated with an unusual but mild strain of cholera.
“This is the first outbreak of
Ten cases of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported in Kane County in northeastern Illinois over the past two weeks and officials with the county, state and local health agencies are
Oysters from one harvest area of Florida’s Apalachicola Bay should not be eaten, served, purchased, sold or shipped, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an