Water samples taken from the Laurie Hollow area of the Lake of the Ozarks has tested positive for elevated levels of E. coli, according to the Kansas City Star. The star reports that:
Fifty water samples were taken this week from the lake, and only the one from Laurie Hollow was high. In that sample, the
A lab worker at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at North Dakota State who works with E. coli has developed a gastrointestinal illness, according to "In Forum" out of Fargo, North Dakota.
There has not been confirmation as to whether the illness is in fact an E. coli infection. University officials, are
The majority of the E. coli O157:H7 cases we pursue involve the consumption of contaminated food or drink. It is possible though, for E. coli O157:H7 to be transmitted from person to person, through fecal-oral transmission. Such transmission is more likely in a day-care settings.
BBC news is reporting on the closure of the "Going Places Day Nursery" in
The Wisconsin State Journal recently published an excerpt from an interview on the increased number of food recalls we have seen in the last few years. In the interview, Dr. Kathleen Glass of the Food Research Institute at UW-Madison concluded, in part at least, "That the food-safety system is working, even though the number of
BBC has been following an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among attendees of a dance camp held in Cresselly, Wales. At least thirteen people who attended the dance camp have reported symptoms consistent with E. coli infection since the camp’s conclusion on August 9.
While the investigation is ongoing and a source has
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I wrote on this site previously about the decision of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources not to release information about dangerously high levels of E. coli in the Lake of the Ozarks until after a busy tourist weekend.
Good reporting by the Kansas City Star brought the issue to light, and the Missouri Attorney
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According to a CDC update on the multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to Nestle cookie dough, the agency is working with public health officials in several states and collaborating with the FDA and FSIS to investigate the outbreak.
Preliminary results of the investigation “indicate a strong association with eating raw prepackaged cookie dough,&rdquo
Residents of Milford, Massachusetts are under a boil order after two tests of tap water showed high levels of fecal matter, with one of the tests returning positive for E. coli. E. coli is the term for a family of fecal bacteria that includes E. coli O157:H7. WCVB-TV in Boston reported the following on its
The news media has been full of reports concerning the arrests of more than 40 people folllowing a corruption investigation in New Jersey. Among the more startling aspects of the story are the allegations that those arrested were involved in the trafficking of human kidneys. An op-ed by Sally Satel in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, provided an
ABC News reported today that three separate strains of E. coli O157:H7 have been found in a Nestle USA cookie dough processing plant. ABC’s Briant Hartman writes about the E. coli testing:
Those tests, according to sources familiar with the investigation and confirmed by the FDA, determined the genetic fingerprint of the E. coli found