CDC is collaborating with public health and agriculture officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Altona infections. As of June 8, 2011, a total of 39 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Altona have been
Another Case of E. coli Confirmed in Tennessee
Yet another E. coli victim has been confirmed in Tennessee today, bringing the total number of recent cases in the state to 11. There may still be more cases announced shortly as Tennessee health officials are waiting for test results on 3 additional probable cases. The health department is continuing its investigation into the cause
German E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak – $2.84 Billion in Human Damage
CDC – No Progress in Salmonella During Past 15 Years
Food safety annual report card targets hard-to-prevent infection
Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period, illnesses from the serious Shiga
CDC Reports That Rates of Salmonella Infection Have Seen No Progress in the Past 15 Years
“Foodborne infections can be prevented,” according to the Vital Signs report in the most recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a series of weekly reports prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) containing important public health information. Yet despite that conclusion, the CDC reports that contaminated food
E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak – 2330 Ill, 627 with HUS and 22 Dead
Canadian press reported Monday afternoon that the deadly E. coli O104:H4 outbreak has now sickened more than 2,330 people across Europe, most of them in Germany, over the past month. The first case has also shown up in Canada in an Ontario man who travelled to Germany this spring. Four cases have surfaced in the
Virginia Child Dies of E. coli, Brother in Tennessee Hospital
Kacie Breeding of Times News Net reports that a child in SW Virginia has died of an E. coli infection, and another person “in close contact” with the child has been infected as well. Virginia Department of Health spokesman Robert Parker said Monday afternoon that the E. coli that killed the child and infected a
German based E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak is now second largest and most deadly in history
Canadian press reported Monday afternoon that the deadly E. coli O104:H4 outbreak has now sickened more than 2,330 people across Europe, most of them in Germany, over the past month. The first case has also shown up in Canada in an Ontario man who travelled to Germany this spring. Four cases have surfaced in the
Tennessee Department of Health announces Seven County E. coli Outbreak
According to Dr. David Kirschke, E. coli cases have been discovered in a seven-county area in recent weeks: Green, Carter, Johnson, Hawkins, Hancock, Washington and Unicoi Counties.
Sprouts in Doubt in E. coli Outbreak?
German scientists found no traces of E. coli O104:H4 bacteria at an organic vegetable farm believed to be the source of an outbreak that has killed 22 people, sickened 2,153 in Germany and 90 others in 10 European countires and the United States. 627 people have developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.
Even though first lab