Entries tagged with “subway-shigella-outbreak/”

Subway Shigella Outbreak Update, and the Risk of Chronic Illness

The DuPage County Health Department now counts 125 confirmed victims of the shigella outbreak linked to a Subway restaurant in Lombard, Illinois, according to department...

Subway Shigella outbreak: official case count update; 116 confirmed illnesses

The large outbreak of Shigella linked to the Subway restaurant in Lombard, Illinois now counts 116 confirmed (i.e. stool sample positive) cases.  As reported by...

Shigella Outbreak Update: Lombard Subway

The Shigella outbreak at the Lombard, Illinois Subway restaurant has sickened well over one hundred people, and has left the restaurant shuttered for weeks pending...

Subway lawsuits and food poisoning claims

The Subway shigella outbreak in Lombard, Illinois now claims well over one hundred victims.  Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of injured people, seeking...

Subway Shigella Outbreak: lawsuits, claims, and laws

The Shigella outbreak linked to Subway sandwiches in Lombard, Illinois has sickened well over one hundred people.  We represent close to 70 individuals now in...

Lombard Subway faces 34 cases in Shigella outbreak

The Subway restaurant located on Roosevelt Road in Lombard, Illinois is at the epicenter of a major shigella outbreak that began in late February and continued into...

Shigella Subway outbreak: just a thought about your illness

The Dupage County Health Department announced on March 4, 2010 that it "is investigating the cause of a cluster of gastrointestinal illnesses primarily among customers...

Shigella: an all-too-frequent cause of foodpoisoning

Shigella is indeed a very frequent cause of foodborne illness.  It is estimated, in fact, that more than 17,000 people become infected by Shigella every...

Restaurant Shigella Poisoning Nothing New - 200 Ill, One Dead in 2000

Illnesses continue to be reported in the Shigella outbreak tied to the Subway restaurant in Lombard, Illinois.   Restaurant based Shigella outbreaks, though, are nothing new.  Sometimes,...

Shigella Outbreak at Lombard, Illinois Subway

The Chicago Tribune reported last night on a developing Shigella outbreak linked to a Lombard, Illinois Subway restaurant: A Subway restaurant in Lombard has been...