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E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak at Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome, Alaska May Be Linked to Nationwide Romaine Lettuce Outbreak

Romaine lettuce

An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak at the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome, Alaska may be connected to the nationwide outbreak linked to chopped romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. The Department of Health & Social Services, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Department of Corrections issued a joint press release about this outbreak. Eight confirmed … Read more

Another Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak in Alaska

Meadow View Jerseys Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak

A second Campylobacter outbreak that has sickened at least five people has been associated with a cow-share program on the Kenai Peninsula, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.  A March Campylobacter outbreak associated with that same cow-share sickened 31 people, leaving four with reactive arthritis. Two of the five people sickened … Read more

Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak Leaves Four with Reactive Arthritis

PA Ag Department Searches Amos Miller Farm After illnesses

A raw milk Campylobacter outbreak that sickened 31 people on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula has left three children and one adult with reactive arthritis,  a painful form of  inflammatory arthritis that can last for months or sometimes years.  The outbreak marks the second time in two years that raw milk has been the source of a Campylobacter … Read more