Food Poison Journal - Food poisoning outbreaks and litigation: surveillance and analysis

The Rhode Island Department of Health has had their hands full these past few months. First they dealt with a severe Salmonella outbreak linked to zeppoles...

The Boston Globe reported today on a large norovirus outbreak at the Harvard Faculty Club.  The Club is currently closed for deep-cleaning after 100-200 people fell ill shortly after Easter...

Some new facts on the most recent high profile nororivus outbreak on a cruise line raise an interesting question - whose job is it to...

 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that  norovirus was the cause of over 400 illnesses that forced a Celebrity Cruise's ship back to...

Although this story comes from across the Atlantic in England, a lesson can still be learned and applied here. According to the Guardian UK, Heston Blumenthal,...

Natalie Angier, wrote about noroviruses in yesterday's New York Times.  Her family had a run-in with a norovirus after New Year's Eve, and she did...

The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) includes a report titled, "Norovirus Outbreak Associated with Ill Food-Service Workers --- Michigan, January--February 2006" this week. ...

The LA Daily News reported that at least two LA-area restaurants have been identified as the source of norovirus outbreaks recently.  The Buca di Beppo...

At least 1,000 people were exposed to what is believed to be Norovirus at a Santa Cruz, California, hotel.  Santa Cruz County Public Health (SCCPH)...

This week's Food Safety Infosheet from the International Food Safety Network gives us some good information about Norovirus, a common foodborne illness: More than...