When Marler Clark clients, Billie Rector went to St. Joseph Hospital in mid-January complaining of nausea and wrenching stomach pain, doctors at first suspected his gallbladder. When his 3-year-old daughter, Payton, was hospitalized a day later because of bloody diarrhea, doctors wondered if both family members might have been infected with E. coli. It turned
Salmonella Outbreak in Douglas County Nebraska Not Linked to Peanut Butter
Douglas County Health Department has been working to determine the source of salmonella cases in Nebraska.
As of Friday, February 27, 2009, 14 cases had been confirmed, with the majority in Douglas County. The cases were reported in early February.
According to Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer, the cases have the same kind of
666 persons infected with Salmonella Typhimurium Peanut Butter have been reported from 45 states
CDC now report that 666 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 45 states (added Montana). The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (13), Arkansas (6), California (76), Colorado (17), Connecticut (10), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Hawaii (6), Idaho (17), Illinois
70 Ill After Eating Steriod Tainted Pork In China
State media in China is reporting that at least 70 people have fallen ill after eating pork treated with the steroid clenbuterol, which is used to prevent animals from gaining fat, BBC News reported. The China Daily said on Monday that the people involved suffered from stomach pains and diarrhea after eating the tainted pork
China Takes Food Poisoning Too Seriously?
Authorities in China say two men have been sentenced to death in a food-poisoning case that killed two diners and sickened 61 others in Shenzhen City. Ke Bizhi and Wang Ying were convicted of adding poison to food at a snack bar last February, Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, reported Monday.
Zhu Yuanlin, a businessman