The Subway restaurant located on Roosevelt Street in Lombard, Illinois that was the site of a major Shigella outbreak has finally reopened.  Eleni Demertzis, of the Lombard Spectator, who has followed the Shigella outbreak since it was first announced by DuPage County Health Department on March 5, reports as follows:

The Lombard Subway reopened today after

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 spokesperson Dave Hass.  The restaurant voluntarily closed on March 4, and has remained shuttered ever since.  Meanwhile, multiple lawsuits have been filed against the restaurant, including Ron and Sarah

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced today the results of a study on the current state-by-state surveillance system for foodborne illness detection.  The results reveal a very fractured system, with nearly half of the states in need of improvements in their surveillance and reporting systems.

“State and local health departments are

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 the Dupage County Health Department’s investigation.  Reports widely suggest that one of the problems leading to the outbreak was sick foodhandlers (i.e. employees) at the restaurant.  We have been contacted by

At Marler Clark, we represent foodpoisoning victims from across the country.  Many of our foodpoisoning clients are people sickened with bacteria and viruses like E. coli, Salmonella, campylobacter, Hepatitis A, norovirus, and of course Shigella.  As has been widely publicized, a major outbreak has occurred at the Subway restaurant on Roosevelt Road in Lombard

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 of a Subway restaurant located at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard. Restaurant ownership and corporate representatives have been cooperating with health officials, and the Lombard restaurant has been closed