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Salmonella and E. coli suspected in large, deadly outbreak in Kenya

By News Desk on April 20, 2023

Four people have died and more than 600 were sickened at two schools in Kenya recently.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is investigating a suspected gastroenteritis outbreak at Mukumu Girls and Butere Boys high schools…

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China records Salmonella outbreak from contaminated water

By News Desk on May 15, 2022

A waterborne typhoid fever outbreak sickened more than 20 people in China earlier this year.

The outbreak involved 23 patients in an apartment in Changping District in Beijing and was caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) …
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Singapore investigates typhoid fever cases

By News Desk on February 13, 2021

Officials in Singapore are investigating if two typhoid fever cases are linked to eating at a food outlet.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said two people fell ill after having…
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CO Officials: Infected Food Handler Suspected Source of 3 Typhoid Fever Cases

By News Desk on November 4, 2015

Colorado public health officials have confirmed three cases of typhoid fever among individuals who had eaten at a Mexican restaurant in Firestone, CO, this past August. Two of them were hospitalized, and all three have…
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Fast-Food Walkout: Does Worker Well-Being Affect Food Safety?

By James Andrews on August 29, 2013

Thousands of fast-food workers in dozens of U.S. cities are reportedly set to stage a one-day national strike on Thursday to protest the industry’s low wages and predominant lack of basic benefits. Organizations representing restaurant…
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San Francisco Nordstrom Café Worker had Typhoid Fever

By News Desk on May 6, 2013

An employee at the Nordstrom Café in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has been diagnosed with typhoid fever and may have exposed customers to the disease, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
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Typhoid Fever Case in Purdue University Food Handler

By News Desk on February 5, 2013

A food handler working at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., has tested positive for typhoid fever, state health officials announced Tuesday. Those who ate at the university’s Boiler Bistro, John Purdue Room, or…
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Microbe Found in Salt Could Lead to Salmonella Vaccine

By News Desk on June 22, 2012

The Baltimore Sun reported Thursdaythat a team of University of Maryland School of Medicine scientists have spent years researching and developing salt crystals harboring microbes that could act as carriers vaccines for pathogens such…
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Tempeh a Possible Source of Rare Typhoidal Salmonella Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on May 2, 2012

Although tempeh has been named as a potential source of the Salmonella outbreak in North Carolina, officials say that avoiding this food may not guarantee safety from infection, as the tempeh has not been confirmed…

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Oyster-Borne Typhoid Fever Killed 150 in Winter of 1924-25

By Dan Flynn on March 28, 2012

Editor’s Note: In the winter of 1924-25, oysters exposed to polluted water were responsible for a typhoid fever epidemic that spread to New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.   It was the deadliest outbreak of …

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