The SunFed cucumber Salmonella outbreak has grown to include 100 patients in 23 states, according to the CDC. And 25 people are hospitalized. That’s an increase of 32 new cases, four new states, and seven new hospitalizations since the last update was issued on December 5, 2024. The new states are Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, … Read more
It’s time for the top outbreak list for 2024. This year, the number 10 outbreak is the deadly Boars Head meat Listeria monocytogenes outbreak. There were at least 61 people sick in 19 states. And ten people died. The final case count by state was: Arizona (1), Florida (3), Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), … Read more
A Jack and the Green Sprouts Listeria monocytogenes outbreak has sickened at least four people, according to a note in the FDA’s CORE Outbreak Investigation Table. This outbreak was not mentioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Becasue there was no official announcement of this outbreak, details about patients are sketchy. We do … Read more
A SunFed cucumber Salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 68 people in 19 states, according to the CDC. Eighteen of those patients have been hospitalized. No deaths have occurred. The case count by state is: Alaska (1), California (1), Colorado (8), Iowa (2), Illinois (2), Massachusetts (5), Montana (16), Nebraska (1), New Jersey (1), New … Read more
A possible Milwaukee hepatitis A exposure at the Beans & Barley restaurant has been announced by the City of Milwaukee Health Department. An employee worked there while infectious. The restaurant is located at 1901 East North Avenue on the city’s East Side. The employee was there between October 31 and November 13, 2024. Anyone who … Read more
The FDA is weighing in on the deadly McDonald’s onion E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. This outbreak has sickened at least 90 people in 13 states. Twenty-seven people are hospitalized, two have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure, and one person has died. The case count by state is: Colorado (29), Iowa … Read more
The deadly McDonald’s onions E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has now sickened at least 90 people in 13 states and hospitalized 27, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s an increase of 15 more patients and five new hospitalizations since the last update. The case count is: Colorado (29), Iowa (1), Kansas … Read more
The deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak has now sickened at least 75 people in 13 states. That’s an increase of 26 more patients in just three days. And Taylor Farms has recalled slivered onions sent to food service operators, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Everyone interviewed continues to report eating … Read more
The FDA has weighed in on the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. coli outbreak. That outbreak has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states. Ten people are hospitalized, one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and one person, who lived in Colorado, has died. The case count by state is: Colorado (26), Iowa (1), … Read more
A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. coli Outbreak has sickened at last 49 people in 10 states, has hospitalized 10 of those patients, and has killed one person, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of the sick people reported eating Quarter Pounder hamburgers from McDonald’s. The case count by state is: … Read more