Reply to this story Remark Most of those who are sick of E coli in a recent outbreak in the Midwest, a Wendy’s restaurant ate in the week before their symptoms started, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. While the CDC has not definitively identified the fast food chain as the source …
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A new COVID variant is slowly starting to grow in numbers in the US and the Midwest, but how worrying is it and will it overtake the BA.5 variant that currently dominates cases? According to health experts, much is still unclear about BA.4.6, a descendant of the BA.4 variant that first appeared in April and …
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Tips to help manage food recalls and prevent foodborne illness About 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 people die each year from preventable foodborne illnesses. Payton, USA TODAY At least 29 people were sickened by an E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio. The CDC is investigating the outbreak, but the cause has not yet been …
Public health officials investigate a “rapid” outbreak of Escherichia colior E colithat has sickened at least 15 people in Michigan and 14 in Ohio, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced (opens in new tab) Wednesday (17 Aug.). So far, nine of the 29 infected have had to be hospitalized, but no one …
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Placeholder while article actions are loading A “rapid” outbreak of E. coli in Michigan and Ohio has sickened 29 people and hospitalized nine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. In an urgent public announcement aimed at finding the source of the outbreak, the CDC said there were no deaths. No food source …
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A Douglas County child died this week from a suspected infection with the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which may have been contracted while swimming in the Elkhorn River on Sunday, according to the Douglas County Health Department. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are conducting further tests to confirm the infection, according to the …
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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Douglas County health officials said Wednesday they suspect the recent death of a local child was caused by a brain-eating amoeba from the Elkhorn River. The CDC is trying to confirm that the death was caused by primary amebic meningoencephalitis after the child went swimming in the river on Sunday. In …
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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Douglas County health officials said Wednesday they suspect the recent death of a local child was caused by a brain-eating amoeba from the Elkhorn River. The CDC is trying to confirm that the death was caused by primary amebic meningoencephalitis after the child went swimming in the river on Sunday. In …
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A man’s nose started to rot in one of the most shocking cases of monkeypox reported to date. The 40-year-old German patient went to his doctor after a red spot appeared on his nose. Then it was assumed it was a sunburn and the man was sent home. But within a few days, the lesion …
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