The Bracken County, Kentucky, health department is investigating how three children became ill with E. coli infections. Two siblings and another child fell ill with E. coli nearly a month ago. Two of the children were hospitalized for several weeks with hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Nicole Logan, the mother of two of the children who
In what is now the largest E. coli outbreak in Alabama in 20 years, 18 people who ate at Little Rosie’s restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama, have been confirmed as suffering from E. coli O157:H7 infections, and testing is being conducted to determine whether there are additional victims of the outbreak.
The Huntsville Times reports that
An E. coli outbreak in Huntsville, Alabama, that has sickened numerous customers of Little Rosie’s and has sent at least three people to the hospital with hemolytic uremic syndrome, was caused by contaminated lettuce, according to the Madison County Health Department. The Huntsville Times reports that health officials have not determined when the lettuce became
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Canada Safeway are warning the public not to consume the fresh and frozen ground beef products listed below because the products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
The fresh ground beef products were sold at Safeway and some independent grocery stores in British Columbia and Alberta. Consumers
E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with lettuce or spinach, specifically "pre-washed" and "ready-to-eat" varieties, are by no means a new phenomenon.
In October 2003, thirteen residents of a California retirement home were sickened, and two people died, after eating E. coli-contaminated, pre-washed spinach; in September 2003, nearly forty patrons of a California restaurant chain fell
The Buffalo Trace District Health Department has confirmed three cases of E. coli poisoning in the area.
According to Tim Stump, director of the district health department, the three individuals reside in Bracken and Fleming counties but were all diagnosed at Meadowview Regional Medical Center. All three individuals are juveniles, Stump said, and two are
Three Eastern Iowa children have recovered from a rare strain of E. coli, health officials said Monday.
Kevin Teale, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Health, said the three were not hospitalized from the strain, called enterohemorrhagic E. coli O26. He would not identify where the children – all age 5 or under