At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments.
Laboratory tests have confirmed Shigella infection
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Souplantation restaurant implicated in shigellosis outbreak
Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak this week.
At least eight
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Shigella investigators in Michigan bring in help from CDC
With 177 shigellosis cases reported between March 1 and Oct. 26 from Michigan’s Genesee and Saginaw counties and no source yet identified, state and county health officials have called on the Centers for Disease Control
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Shigellosis outbreak at elementary school kept quiet for weeks
Public health and school officials in Randolph County, MO, are investigating an outbreak of Shigellosis that they have been quietly monitoring for weeks.
The county health department issued a news release Monday, more than three
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Shigella infections hit record high in beleaguered Flint
Along with the highly publicized lead contamination of its water supply, Flint, MI, also bears the dubious distinction of having the highest number of Shigella cases in the state. The Genesee County Health Department has
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2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still wanted to
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CA Shigella Outbreak Now at 190 Illnesses; Seafood Restaurant Remains Closed
Oct. 28 update: As of Tuesday night, Oct. 27, the number of outbreak-associated cases of Shigella reported to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department stands at 190. There are 151 Santa Clara County
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Open Data on Restaurant Inspections a Useful Tool for Consumers and Government
“My husband ate at this restaurant on Friday 10/16/2015 and was admitted to the ICU with a bacterial infection from food poisioning [sic],” Kari F. wrote on the Mariscos San Juan Yelp page on Oct.
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CDC: Shigella Infections Becoming Resistant to Recommended Antibiotic
Research conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests a greater proportion of Shigella infections in the United States are now resistant to a very important antibiotic. Shigella causes an estimated
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USDA: Salmonella Tops List of 15 Most Costly Pathogens
Salmonella causes an estimated $3.7 billion each year in medical costs for Americans, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. That figure places Salmonella at the top of
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California Restaurant Briefly Shut Down After Being Linked to Shigella Outbreak
Zov’s Restaurant in Irvine, CA, closed down briefly on Wednesday after a foodborne illness investigation was linked to four customers, health department officials reportedly said Thursday. 
Deanne Thompson of the Orange County Health Care Agency
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