A good, but short video by the CDC on the dangers of E. coli O157:H7. Interestingly, there were photos of several of my clients and outbreaks that I have been involved in during the last 20 years. For more information about E. coli O157:H7 and its deadly cousins, visit www.about-ecoli.com. To understand the devastation
Another Virginia Girl, Zoey Weaver, Fights E. coli
Accordning to press reports, Zoey Weaver, a Virginia girl, is battling a potential deadly bacteria at a Mid-state Hospital.
Zoey’s mother, Rebecca Weaver, says, “it is hard just seeing her laying there when she is usually just up and going constantly – I would give anything just to see her up and playing.”
But now
13 kids and 2 adults with E. coli from Opelika Splash Park
The Alabama Department of Public Health says the E. coli outbreak in Lee County has climbed to 15 illnesses with thirteen children and two adults now ill.
Each of the victims either played in the Splash Park or swam in the pool at the Opelika SportsPlex and Aquatic Center between June 4 and June 22
Gabby Blair, Virginia E. coli Victim to be Remembered
Nate Morabito wrote this on Facebook this morning:
This is Gabby Blair. She is the two year-old from Lee County, VA who died from an E. coli infection earlier this month. The extraordinary blue-eyed beauty queen’s family sat down with me to share her story. Tune in today at Noon, 5, 5:30, and 6 pm
Tennessee and Virginia E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 STEC strains – O103 and O169 – Outbreak
Reporter Mac McLean has been all over this story for weeks, but still has not found the cause of the outbreak that has sickened 17 and killed one. According to Mac, health officials in Northeast Tennessee and Western Virginia report that 18 people came down with a potentially fatal Escherichia coli infection between May 8
E. coli Outbreak at Opelika Splash Park in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health continues its investigation of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Lee County. Six children who played in the Splash Park and Aquatic Center in Opelika between June 12 and June 18 have been identified with severe gastrointestinal illness as of Friday, June 24.
There have been problems with waterparks
German E. coli Outbreak Linked to Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona
According to the CDC, in the United States, five confirmed cases and one suspect case of STEC O104:H4 infections have been identified; one death has been reported. Of these six cases, five recently traveled to Germany, where they were likely exposed. The bacterial isolates from the three HUS cases reported in Massachusetts, Michigan and Wisconsin
Jason’s Deli in Killeen linked to 16 E. coli Cases
Five cases of E. coli O157:H7 in the Killeen, Texas, area have been traced to food served at a Jason’s Deli there in April, according to Bell County health officials.
In addition to five confirmed cases there are 11 probable cases, said Christine Mann, spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Two were
Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia see E. coli Cases
KXXV confirms that 11 people have become sick after eating at Jason’s Deli in Killeen, Texas. Doctors confirmed five of them had a strain of the bacteria escherichia coli (O157:H7) that has been known to result in hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal complication that can lead to kidney failure. Two were hospitalized, and Bell
Hannah Fielding and Jacqueline Peterson, Dallas kids with bad memories of E. coli in Germany
KDAF TV Dallas reports that Hannah Fielding and Jacqueline Peterson in May went on a European vacation that took them to Prague, Vienna and Nuremburg, Germany where at the train station–they day before they came home–they ate a meal of pasta, chicken, rice and several vegetables.
Sure enough–Jacqueline tested positive for E. coli while Hannah