The former owner of Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced to 28 years in prison today for his role in a salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and sickening at least 714 more, USA Today reports.
NBC New York reports that 12 people have now died and 113 have been sickened in the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the city’s history. Mayor de Blasio said that no new cases of the illness have been reported since August 3, which he called “a very promising sign.”
Cilantro—which tastes like diced garbage to millions of people but is included by default in many dishes anyway—has been linked to more than 380 stomach infections in America since May 1, likely due to contamination with human waste, the AP reports. Fuck cilantro.
The New York Times reports that seven people have now died and 86 have been sickened by a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx. At a press conference on Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio promised to introduce legislation designed to limit future outbreaks.
Four people have died and dozens more have been sickened by a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City, CNN reports.
Seven weeks after the World Health Organization declared the country free of the disease, Liberia’s deputy health minister said on Monday that the body of a 17-year-old boy had tested positive for Ebola, the Associated Press reports.
On Saturday, the World Health Organization declared Liberia to be free of Ebola, with no new cases in the last 42 days, twice the virus’s maximum incubation period.
A San Francisco resident infected with measles traveled to and from work on the BART train for three days—possibly exposing tens of thousands of people, according to reports.
An employee of burger chain Red Robin worked for several months with a contagious case of Hepatitis A, exposing as many as 5,000 people who passed through a Springfield, Missouri location to the infection.
We already knew that Yosemite's hantavirus outbreak had been linked to its deer mouse population, but who knew deer mice were so precious?
Hantavirus is back and bigger than ever: first the Yosemite outbreak, and now a new case on the set of a reality show filming in Texas.
Nature: stirring, majestic, full of shit that can kill you.
The West Nile Virus, which just celebrated its 13th anniversary in North America, is having it's best year yet. So far it's killed 41 and infected over 1,100. I know what you're all thinking: has it really been 13 years? And yes, I also feel old now.
Mosquito bites might be fun to scratch — hey, I don't know what you're into — but they can cause some serious complications. In fact, an outbreak of mosquito-carried West Nile Virus has claimed the lives of nine people this summer.
This isn't the first time we've heard rumblings about swine flu, but the CDC wants us on the alert about a new strain that spreads from pigs to people.
Chuck Schumer has had it up to here with whooping cough.
The next frozen meatball you eat may be your last. Well, hopefully not. There have been no reports of illness thus far, but over 300,000 pounds of meat have been recalled by New Jersey-based Buona Vita Inc, following possible listeria contamination.
Good news, hypochondriacs — here's something new to worry about. On Friday, the CDC issued draft recommendations urging all baby boomers (those born between 1945 and 1965) to get tested for hepatitis C. Of the 3.2 million Americans with hep C, 2 million are baby boomers. And they might not know it.
Passengers on Delta Flight 3163 were quarantined at Midway Airport for over two hours after one passenger was suspected of carrying the monkeypox virus. If the word "monkeypox" makes you think of Outbreak, that's legitimate — but the virus isn't exactly Ebola.
Say it ain't so — could something as tasty as yellowfin tuna be making people sick? Well, yes, evidently. There have been 116 salmonella-related illnesses linked to a yellowfin tuna product used for sushi and sashimi. Twelve of the afflicted have been hospitalized.
