650 sick and three dead in 2003 linked to hepatitis A-tainted green onions.
In late October 2003, the Pennsylvania State health officials first learned of a potential hepatitis A outbreak from emergency room doctors in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, who reported an unusually high number of hepatitis A cases in late October 2003. Investigators from the
The finger pointing has begun.
According to news reports, a frozen fruit mix commonly used in smoothies is suspected in a hepatitis A outbreak that has affected 30 people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Eleven of 17 ill people interviewed reported eating
Hepatitis A is one of five human hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E) that primarily infect the liver and cause illness. It is a communicable (or contagious) disease that spreads from person-to-person through fecal-oral contact, often from an infected food handler contaminating food. The cases the Marler Clark hepatitis A lawyers have
With 30 sickened – so far – in 5 states – so far – by Coscto berries, a bit of Hepatitis A history is in order.
Pomeberry Blend Frozen Berries 2012
On April 5, 2012, the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control warned the public not to consume Pomeberry Blend frozen berries, manufactured by Western
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health urges anyone who ate or drank food from the 800 Degrees Three Fires restaurant on Illinois Road between May 18 and May 26, and who has not already been vaccinated for hepatitis A, to get the vaccination. The department said it received laboratory confirmation Friday of the positive
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is working with the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration and other health departments including Eagle County Public Health to investigate an outbreak of hepatitis A believed to be associated with frozen mixed berries purchased from Costco.
Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, filed two lawsuits against the Fayetteville, NC Holiday Inn Bordeaux on behalf of women who allegedly contracted Salmonella after eating at the hotel’s restaurants.
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, and Fayetteville lawyer Steven Lawrence
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health continues to investigate the source of a Salmonella infection outbreak announced May 14 at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux, 1707 Owen Drive.
To date, 99 cases of individuals with signs and symptoms consistent with Salmonella infection have been reported. Six people have been hospitalized.
“The last date for onset
Agriculture and Health Department laboratory tests and several recent illnesses indicate the raw milk may contain Campylobacter bacteria.
The Department of Health has confirmed five cases of
At least 88 people are now known to have been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak linked to a North Carolina Holiday Inn.
This latest illness count, reported by WRAL Tuesday, marks an increase of two cases from the 86 reported by the Cumberland County Health Department Friday.
The outbreak has been traced to the Holiday