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Death toll hits 294 in Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has spread to negibouring countries of South Africa and other nearby countries. The US ambassador to Harare, James McGee, said that a total of 294 people have been confirmed dead from cholera in Zimbabwe, amid some 1,200 cases of the... Listeria persists for years
My curiousity about how biological outbreaks can be identified and tracked -- such as the recent Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak in Canada -- lead me to this abstract. Genome sequencing, or a type... New rules proposed for listeria control
The CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) is considering new, stricter, regulations for listeria testing at meat processing plants in the aftermath of an listeriosis outbreak that killed 20 people in Canada this...Bird Flu Scare Emerges in Sukhothai, Thailand
Date: Thu 30 Oct 2008 Source: TOC - Thailand's English News Channel [edited] <http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/toc/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1010292> Bird Flu Scare Emerges in Sukhothai ----------------------------------- Livestock officials in Sukhothai Province reported the... Listeria cost Maple Leaf Foods $43M
The listeriosis outbreak in Canada this summer that began with processed meat products from Maple Leaf Foods has cost the company $42.9 million dollars, so far.The company put numbers to its business costs in the... E. Coli Outbreak at Harvey's Sickens 50 at First, 209 Now Affected (Updated)
UPDATES follow in chronological order at the end of this story.An E. coli outbreak which has sickened over 50 people has been traced to a Harvey's restaurant in Ontario, and health officials expect more people will... 1013 views | 6 comments | 11 recommendations
Contaminated Water! FDA finds salmonella match on Mexican pepper farm
NowPublic Contributors Nailed It! In a previous story NowPublic's SOLARLIFE asked, could it be the irrigation or water they wash the peppers in? Exactly right, irrigation water and Serrano... 436 views | 6 comments | 22 recommendations
US troops in iraq facing new threat:37 human anthrax cases outbreak
The peace keeping force in Iraq is facing new threat in the form of Anthrax out break in northern province of iraq. Although no cases has been reported in troops , but the way it is spreading in humans ,...Canada Listeriosis Death Toll Climbs to 20
The Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak, in which the bacteria was spread through meat slicing machines and distributed in deli meats all across Canada, has claimed another life in Ontario, bringing the current death...169 views | 1 comment | 2 recommendations
Microwaved Chicken Not Cooked; Sickens Dozens
32 people across 12 US states are sick from salmonella poisoning after eating precooked frozen chicken dinners, because they ignored preparation instructions and cooked the meals in microwaves instead of...97 views | 1 comment | 2 recommendations
Measles outbreak in Utrecht
Utrecht health services urge parents to vaccinate children after 16 cases of measles are reported since August.AMSTERDAM -- The local health service says it recorded 16 cases of measles in Utrecht since...call me sugar or sweetie, it's all the same
"tired of all of the criticism that is brought down on them, the corn refiners association (cra) has gone on the offensive and have started an ad campaign to debunk the myths about high fructose corn syrup. seems that some of the bad press that the substance received,...Alfalfa Sprouts Contaminated with Salmonella Typhimiriumis
More cases of Salmonella outbreaks, this time in Oregon and Washington states. The culprit this time around: Alfalfa Sprouts. It is believed that the infected sprouts were contaminated by farm animals grazing the...369 views | 5 comments | 5 recommendations
E. Coli outbreak in Oklahoma sickens 200 - kills 1
Another E. Coli outbreak has hit the US. More than 200 people have become ill after eating from the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Okalahoma. "An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in...267 views | 2 comments | 5 recommendations
Listeriosis claims more lives
The listeria death toll across Canada rises to 19 with the recent deaths of two women, one from BC and the other from NB. Re: the death in BC:"The senior, who died at Kelowna General Hospital, had an underlying...281 views | 3 comments | 2 recommendations
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