Health Officials Prepare For Seventh Season Of West Nile Virus
Seventh Season Of West Nile Virus. West Nile virus, which had been active in Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe for decades, first appeared in New York City in 1999. Since then, the virus has spread across the United States and has accounted for 16,600 cases and 654 deaths according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … [Read more...]
Unidentified Respiratory Illness at Toronto Nursing Home Death Toll
A Rapidly rRising Death Toll From Unidentified Respiratory Illness. The city still recovering from an outbreak of SARS that killed 44 people in 2003 and cost the economy over $1 billion. This outbreak, which is getting wider coverage each day, is beginning to scare people and could have a long-lasting damage to Toronto’s … [Read more...]
Suit says Guatemalans purposely infected with syphilis
Guatemalans Purposely Infected With Syphilis. Attorneys for seven Guatemalan nationals are suing top U.S. public health officials, accusing them of “intentionally” infecting the Guatemalans or their family members with syphilis in a 1940s “Tuskegee-style” experiment. The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. … [Read more...]
Health Officials Investigate Nursing Home Blood Infections Linked to Contaminated Intravenous Drugs
Infections Caused By Contaminated Intravenous Drugs. New York Department of Health officials are investigating nursing home bloodstream infections that may have been caused by contaminated intravenous products. Bloodstream infections have been reported in nearly three dozen nursing home residents state wide. The reportedly tainted … [Read more...]
Health Officials Expect More E. Coli Cases Linked to Chipotle Restaurants in Northwest
Health officials in Washington and Oregon say they expect to see more E. coli cases linked to Chipotle restaurants. As of Friday, three people in the Portland, Oregon area and 19 people in western Washington had become sick from E. coli, the Associated Press (AP) reports. Seventeen of those who became ill had eaten at a Chipotle … [Read more...]
More Disclosure Sought as Robot Surgery Injuries Rise
Prompted the state to seek improved training oversight and patient disclosure about the technology’s possible risks. Increasing robotic injury reports to Massachusetts health officials have prompted the state to seek improved training oversight and patient disclosure about the technology’s possible risks. The Massachusetts Board of … [Read more...]
Officials Confused By Latest Contact Lens Infections
Acanthamoeba Keratitis a Potentially Blinding Eye Infection. Acanthamoeba keratitis a potentially blinding eye infection caused scrambling doctors and health officials this weekend to try and find out the reason for the outbreak which resembles a similar one that took place last year. Complete MoisturePlus manufactured by Advanced … [Read more...]
Officials Probe Five E. Coli Cases
Officials Investigating an E. Coli Outbreak. The state health department is investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened five people in four Pennsylvania counties, officials said Friday. Health officials believe all the cases are linked to people who ate rare or medium-rare steak at different Hoss's Steak and Sea … [Read more...]
3 cases of E. coli in Napa
E. Coli Cases Had Napa County Health Officials Scrambling. A small outbreak of E. coli had Napa County health officials scrambling to pin down its cause Friday. "We have three confirmed cases of E. coli in Napa County and two probable cases," Napa County Health and Human Services Agency spokeswoman Theresa Richmond … [Read more...]
Orange County health officials confirm 14th E. coli case
Health Officials Confirm E. Coli Case. The new case, involving an adult customer who was not hospitalized, was reported late Sunday, said Orange County Health Care Agency spokesman Howard Sutter. Three adults and 10 children infected with E. coli had eaten at the Souplantation in Lake Forest between March 23 or March 25. … [Read more...]
Utah: Health Alert Issued for Raw Milk
Officials Issued A Warning Against Raw Milk Consumption. Utah County health officials issued a warning against raw milk consumption after seven cases of a severe food-borne illness were linked to products from the same dairy. Utah's Department of Agriculture and Food has issued a notice of investigation Wednesday to Woolsey's … [Read more...]
Peanut butter sickens Wilmington woman
Officials Said A Woman Contracted Salmonella By Eating Peanut Butter. State health officials said a 75-year-old Wilmington woman contracted salmonella by eating peanut butter, giving Delaware its first case in a nationwide outbreak that sickened hundreds. The woman did not know whether she had eaten Peter Pan or Great Value brand … [Read more...]
Health officials suspect salmonella case linked to peanut butter
North Dakota Has Its First Case of Salmonella Linked to Peanut Butter. North Dakota has its first suspected case of ‘salmonella’ linked to recalled peanut butter, a state health official says. The infected person was a child under 10 years old, said Kirby Kruger, a state Health Department disease specialist. He did not identify … [Read more...]
Salmonella found in peanut butter
Salmonella In Peanut Butter Sickened 329 People. Health officials have found salmonella in jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter used by some of the 329 people sickened in a salmonella outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers not to eat any Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006 and … [Read more...]
Salmonella reported in O.C.
Cases Of Salmonella Matches The Same Strain Linked To Peanut Butter. Orange County health officials learned Friday that a local case of salmonella matches the same strain linked to a batch of peanut butter that has sickened about 300 people nationwide. The positive match is the only case found so far in California. The outbreak … [Read more...]
Several cases of possible salmonella reported in Ala.
Salmonella Reported By Health Officials. Alabama public health officials say seven-to-eight people may have contracted salmonella linked to contaminated peanut butter. But the agency said each case will be investigated to determine exact source of their illnesses. Meanwhile, government scientists are trying to pinpoint the source … [Read more...]
Health officials link Salmonella outbreak to peanut butter
FDA Investigating Peanut Butter Plant In South Georgia After Salmonella Outbreak. Food and Drug Administration investigators have been sent to a peanut butter plant in south Georgia after a salmonella outbreak that has grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in … [Read more...]
Pa. Health Officials Investigating Four E. Coli Cases
Health Department Is Investigating E. Coli Cases. The state Health Department is investigating an E. coli outbreak that sickened four people in suburban Philadelphia to determine whether it is linked to an outbreak in New York and New Jersey, a department spokesman said Tuesday. Two of the four people who fell ill in … [Read more...]
Search Narrows For Source Of E. Coli
Officials Identified Source Of E. Coli In A Bag Of Spinach. Health officials in New Mexico positively identified a deadly strain of E. coli in a bag of spinach yesterday, providing a crucial clue that investigators say can be used to trace the source of an outbreak that has sickened 146 people. Until now, the evidence implicating … [Read more...]
E. coli Strain May Be More Potent
Health Officials Are Investigating E. Coli Strain. Federal health officials are investigating whether a more potent strain of E. coli is behind an outbreak linked to fresh spinach that has sickened at least 131 people, half of whom have been hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that fully 50 … [Read more...]
Pattern of E. Coli Outbreaks Is Seen
Food Poisoning E. Coli Outbreaks Linked To Lettuce And Spinach. Federal health officials said Monday that before the current E. coli outbreak there had been 19 food-poisoning outbreaks since 1995 linked to lettuce and spinach. At least eight of those were traced to produce grown in the Salinas Valley in California. The outbreaks … [Read more...]
Meningitis Vaccine Link to Neurological Disorder
Officials Are Investigating Meningitis Vaccine. Public health officials are investigating whether a new vaccine designed to help prevent meningitis, particularly among college students in dorms, could be linked to a rare neurological condition. The vaccine, called Menactra, helps protect against certain strains of … [Read more...]
Illinois Suspends Smallpox Vaccinations
Smallpox Vaccinations May Cause Heart Problems. Illinois public health officials suspended smallpox vaccinations Thursday because of fears they cause heart problems. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to determine whether there's a link between the vaccination and cardiac problems in seven … [Read more...]
