The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) are issuing a public health alert regarding E. coli O157 gastrointestinal illnesses linked to the consumption of ground beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC, a meat-processing and retail establishment in North Branch, Mich.
A total of five confirmed Shiga-toxin producing E.
Jennifer Calhoun and James Halpin, staff writers for the Fayetteville Observer, reported this morning that the Cumberland County Health Department has already vaccinated more than 500 people who may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus after eating at an Olive Garden in Fayetteville, North Carolina and is continuing to administer vaccinations today.
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Tonight, the USDA announced a recall of 360 pounds of ground beef products because of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak thought to have been caused by contaminated meat. Three residents of Michigan have been sickened in the outbreak.
McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC., a North Branch, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 360 pounds of ground
The Oregon State Department of Health has identified 13 cases of illness in the strawberry E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Six have required hospitalization, several suffering from HUS, and one woman has died. The contamination is thought to have occurred by animals in the growing fields, but laboratory tests are pending from at 100
Press reports from today indicate that now as many as 6 children have been confirmed for E. coli O157:H7 infection or hemolytic uremic syndrome in central Pennsylvania. The case count has increased from this morning by 3. Three of the six cases in the cluster have required hospitalization at Chambersburg Hospital, or Hershey Medical Center
In the wake of the Oregon Public Health announcement that at least 10 people, including one woman who died, became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating fresh strawberries sold at farmers markets and roadside fruit stands in Oregon, the Seattle-based food safety law firm Marler Clark announced today that it is donating $5,000
More than 250 Hepatitis A immunizations were administered today at the Cumberland County Public Health Department to individuals who may have been exposed to the disease at a local restaurant.
Employees and anyone who visited the Olive Garden at 234 North McPherson Church Road anytime on July 26, 28, 29, 31 and Aug. 1, 2
The Cumberland County Public Health Department issued an alert yesterday that anyone who visited the Olive Garden, located on 234 North McPherson Church Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina anytime on July 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and August 1, 2 and 8 may have been exposed to Hepatitis A through a restaurant employee.
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The Cumberland County Health Department announced today that a worker at the Fayetteville Olive Garden worked while infected by hepatitis A virus on July 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and August 1, 2, and 8. The health department is encouraging anybody who ate at the restaurant on one or more of those dates to get an
Earlier today, we reported on the immunization clinics being operated by the Cumberland County Public Health Department in response to potential hepatitis-A exposures among those who visited the Olive Garden, located on 234 North McPherson Church Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina anytime on July 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and August 1, 2 and 8.
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