Archive for e-coli

North Carolina toddler dies from E. coli infection

Monday, October 15th, 2012

A North Carolina toddler, 2-years-old, died over the weekend after contracting E. coli from a county fair he attended over a week ago. The toddler boy, Gage Lefevers, succumbed to a bacterial infection over the weekend. The type of E. coli that was passed onto victims which include 7 adults and 14 children, happened during ... read more »

Five Oregon children seriously ill over raw milk contamination

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Three children, including one toddler, were hospitalized last week from what Oregon Public Health officials believe to be a food borne illness brought about by raw milk consumption. Today, the Oregon Public Health Department (OPHD) has confirmed that two more children under the age of 15 have contracted E. coli from the raw milk in ... read more »

Farmers markets raise concerns about contamination of produce

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

By 2012, the demand for local food is expected to hit $7 billion, almost twice what it was in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Much of that food is provided by the 6,000+ farmers markets in the United States (up 40 percent in the past five years). While local food is obviously growing in popularity, there is also ... read more »

40,000 Pounds of ground beef heading for school lunches recalled due to possible contamination

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Possible E. coli contamination caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a Class I recall for 40,000 pounds of ground beef products intended for Georgia school lunches. A statement released Friday by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said the beef was produced by Palo Duro Meat in Amarillo, Texas, on or before September 9. The beef ... read more »

Six French children hospitalized with E. coli, unrelated to German outbreak

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

PARIS (BNO NEWS) — Six young children have been hospitalized in northern France after falling ill as a result of E. coli infections, which are believed to be unrelated to the deadly outbreak in Germany. Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported on Thursday that the children were hospitalized in Lille, a city near the border with ... read more »

E. coli superbug outbreak prompts travel warnings

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

The Centers for Disease Control along with German authorities are warning people to avoid raw lettuce, tomatoes or cucumbers as officials are still trying to determine where the E. coli O104:H4 strain originated. Originally thought to have come from Spain, the new E. coli bacterium is the combination of two particularly “nasty” strains according to ... read more »

Wisconsin flooding responsible for boy’s kidney disease?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The recent flooding in Wisconsin is the prime suspect for causing a 6-year-old’s serious kidney disease. The doctors suspect he’s got a hard-to-detect strain of E. coli bacteria, although a test for a potentially deadly form of it came out negative. Dr. Ellen Wald says the boy started vomiting three days after he played in ... read more »