A West Virginia Salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 41 people and hospitalized five, according to news reports. Officials in that state are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium. The cases have been reported across the state since early September 2026. No cases outside the state have been linked to the outbreak. The patient age … Read more
The Wicomico River raw oysters Salmonella Telelkebir outbreak has grown, according to an update posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The case count is now 28 in 13 states (one new), with five hospitalizations. The case count by state is: Connecticut (1), Florida (1), Iowa (1), Illinois (1), Kentucky (1), Michigan (1), … Read more
A possible E. coli outbreak at State Fair of Texas may have sickened nine people, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services, up from seven the day before, FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported on October 28. The patients are of different ages, all are infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and several are hospitalized … Read more
A possible E. coli outbreak at Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo, California has been reported by the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health. Five people have been diagnosed with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections. The suspected exposure period is October 16, 2026 through October 26, 2026. The notice did not … Read more
A possible E. coli outbreak at Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen, Illinois is being reported by the Will County Health Department. There are five lab confirmed cases of STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) that may be connected to visits to the farm. Sean Conners, Director of Environmental Health at the Will County Health Department, … Read more
A Bentwood Elementary school norovirus outbreak in Kansas has sickened 97 children, staff, and others, according to news reports. The outbreak is over a few days after it was first reported. The case count included 95 students and staff, and two more family members of people associated with the school. Two cases had been confirmed … Read more
The CDC counts 28 people sick in 13 states in the Salmonella Telelkebir outbreak linked to raw oysters harvested from the Little Wicomico River in Virginia. Five of them have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, according to CDC’s October 30 notice. CDC says their illnesses began between May 29 and October 6, … Read more
The chicken wraps E. coli O1o57:H7 outbreak that the FDA announced in a CORE Outbreak Investigation Table update has now sickened at least 50 people. That’s an increase of 12 more patients since the outbreak was announced almost a week ago. Because neither the CDC or FDA has issued a formal outbreak notice, there is … Read more
Consumer Reports wants cyclospora outbreak answers from the FDA and CDC after a summer where tens of thousands of Americans were sickened by that parasite. In this outbreak, at least 12,883 people were sickened by shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico, and and additional 7,000 were sickened by an unknown source. The … Read more
A raw oysters Salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 27 people in 12 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The oysters were harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company from the Little Wicomico River harvest area in Virginia. The case count by state is: Connecticut (1), Florida (1), Iowa (1), … Read more