E. coli outbreak in New York
WTEN TV reported that an E. coli outbreak may be ongoing in Montgomery and Fulton Counties in New York. According to the article:
The State Health Department has confirmed that three children have tested positive for E. coli, and one has been hospitalized. Two of the children attend the same daycare, but officials are not releasing the name of that facility yet.It is not known how the third child became ill, but health officials say they are performing tests on some of the children attending the daycare program.
Several previous E. coli outbreaks have been traced to day care centers. In fact, Marler Clark has represented the families of several children who became ill with E. coli infections while attending day care. See the Marler Clark Web site for descriptions of outbreaks traced to the CCC Alternative Learning Program Daycare in Fort Worth, Texas, Kid's Korner Day Care in Joplin, Missouri, and Kindercare in Folsom, California.
During summer months, exposure at pools and water parks has been linked to outbreaks of E. coli, Cryptosporidium, and other bacteria, parasites, and viruses. Recently, several children became ill with E. coli infections after attending a back yard water slide party near Bakersfield, California. In 2004, thousands of people became ill with Cryptosporidiosis after exposure to Cryptosporidium at the Seneca Lake Spraypark near Geneva, New York, and in 1998 dozens of children became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections, including seven children who were hospitalized and one child who died, after playing in a kiddie pool at the White Water waterpark near Atlanta, Georgia.
