Customers who ate chopped, ready-to-eat fruit from Westside Market at 2589 Broadway between August 9 and August 22 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to New York City Health Department officials. A food handler at Westside Market reported a case of Hepatitis A, and now customers of the market are urged to get
Another 1,000 Customers Vaccinated for Hepatitis A – Why No Requirement to Vaccinate Restaurant Workers?
Sarah Palermo of the Concord Monitor reported that New Hampshire State health officials vaccinated more than 1,100 people against the hepatitis A virus last weekend after a bartender in Contoocook was diagnosed with the contagious disease.
Vaccines are most effective against the virus if given quickly after exposure; people who visited the Contoocook Covered Bridge
Iowa Cryptosporidium Advice: “Don’t Swim With Diarrhea”
The Iowa Department of Public Health is warning Iowans to wash their hands and keep their sick children at home and out of the pool in light of a second diarrhea-causing illness that has sickened more than 200 people since June 1. A Thursday release said the department has received an increasing number of reports
Bartender in Contoocook Creates Hepatitis A Scare
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is investigating a case of hepatitis A in a food service worker. The adult from Hillsborough County worked at two locations in Contoocook, the Covered Bridge Restaurant and the American Legion. After initial investigation, DPHS estimates between 600 and
Tracking Twitter may enhance monitoring of food safety at restaurants
A new system could tell you how likely it is for you to become ill if you visit a particular restaurant by ‘listening’ to the tweets from other restaurant patrons.
The University of Rochester researchers say their system, nEmesis, can help people make more informed decisions, and it also has the potential to complement traditional
Marler Clark: Cyclospora Attorney Lawyer Retained to File Lawsuit Against Taylor Farms
As of August 1, 2013 (5pm EDT), CDC has been notified of 400 cases of Cyclospora infection from the following 17 health departments: Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, Florida, Wisconsin, New York City, Georgia, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio.
Most of the illness onset dates have ranged from mid-June
Marler Clark Retained in Foster Farm Chicken Salmonella Outbreak
The CDC reported today that a total of 134 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 13 states.
31% of ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.
Most of the ill persons were reported from two states, Oregon (40) and Washington (57).
Collaborative investigative efforts of local, state,
800 Degrees Three Fires Restaurant Linked to Hepatitis A Scare
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health urges anyone who ate or drank food from the 800 Degrees Three Fires restaurant on Illinois Road between May 18 and May 26, and who has not already been vaccinated for hepatitis A, to get the vaccination. The department said it received laboratory confirmation Friday of the positive
Poop – E. coli – in Pools? No Surprise
The media has been awash in stories about an new CDC study that found the DNA of E. coli in Atlanta area pools like it was a surprise. I guess they forgot the White Water Water Park E. coli Outbreak.
In June of 1998, Georgia health officials were notified that a number of children
5 Hospitalized, 51 Sickened in Holiday Inn Salmonella Outbreak
WRAL reports that the number of salmonella cases in Fayetteville continues to rise, with a total of 51 people showing symptoms of the bacterial infection, Cumberland County health officials said Friday.
The number marks an increase from 44 cases reported Thursday and 16 first reported Tuesday. Five people have been hospitalized.
All of the patients