One year old Isaiah Romero of Sioux Center, Iowa finds himself in Sanford Children’s Hospital tonight, fighting back against Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS).
KSFY Action News in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where Sanford Children’s is located reports its possible Isaiah is a victim of the the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak blamed on the Greeley Beef
In the United Kingdom, Professor Hugh Pennington wants all food inspections, primary and secondary, to be unannounced unless “there are specific and justifiable circumstances or reasons why a pre-arranged visit is necessary”.
The Wales News reports that:
In his report into the 2005 epidemic that struck down more than 150 people, most of them children
Now the safety of private water wells is being called into question in Arkansas.
“We don’t recommend that people drink water with E. coli in it under any circumstances. There’s no safe level of E. coli as far as we’re concerned,” says Ed Barum.
Barum, with the State Health Department, spoke with KTHV-TV
You can’t even trust Bambi anymore. Doug Powell, from Barfblog, emailed me the story of a young girl who suffered HUS after contracting an E. coli infection from handling deer meat.
Beverly said the only other thing she could think of was that her husband, Red, had shot a deer the Friday after
It’s hard to believe, but there is a county in the big, rich state of California where an E. coli death does not even get a full ten days worth of investigation before the case is closed without finding a source.
Oh, but public health officials involved can assure the public that the county’s restaurant
A Dixon, CA child died of an E. coli infection late Thursday, according to Solano County Public Health officials. They were investigating the death along with testing on a second Dixon child who displayed some symptoms but is now home and "doing well."
"It is a tragedy to lose a child and our hearts and
There is a lot of Kansas separating the towns of Liberal and Matfield Green.
Liberal is an Oklahoma panhandle border town. The 20,000 who make Liberal home depend on oil, gas, and helium as well as agriculture. Its closer to Denver, Colorado than Kansas City, Kansas.
Matfield Green is just off I-35, northeast of
We thought we’d do something different today, and just give a rundown on the E, coli news we’ve been involved in. Every week is getting to be E. coli week in America. This is a look-back on the last one. Here we go!
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We received several calls last Monday from sorority sisters who had been sickened by E. coli O157:H7 at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Interestingly, the common denominator seems to be Jimmy John’s – just off campus. Coincidentally, the first inspection since 7/28/06 occurred on 9/28/08 and the report was mailed,also on Monday, to Mr. Prescott (the owner) . The purpose was to investigate "suspect food-borne illness complaint who reported eating at the facility. Complainants had approximately 13 sandwich plates with 10 sandwiches each delivered to their facility on Sept. 20th. Sandwiches included Big John’s, Turkey Tom, Ham and Cheese, and Vegetarian." E. coli does not seem to be listed as an ingredient – yet.
On Tuesday Butte County health officials announced that leftover frozen tainted tri-tip, that sickened at least 27 people, tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. The bacteria in the meat perfectly matches (by PFGE genetic fingerprint) the bacteria found in stool samples taken from several people who became ill.
Continue Reading Just Another Week of E. coli Taking Victims In Amercia
Bill Scanlon at the Rocky Mountain News this morning is reporting with some detail on the Colorado 3-year old who died Friday of E coli O17:H7. According to The Rocky:
The Aurora day-care facility attended by a 3-year-old who died Friday of an E. coli bacteria infection was unlicensed, so it was never
On July 16th, 2008 the Connecticut Department of Agriculture began an investigation of a possible link between several reported illnesses and the consumption of Retail Raw Milk (unpasteurized milk). Recently we concluded that investigation. The investigation was prompted when the Department was notified by Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) Epidemiologists of 2 reported illnesses