NewsDesk @bactiman63 Yamaguchi Prefecture announced on 26 Sep 2022 that 46 residents of 2 elderly facilities run by the social welfare corporation Midoriyamakai in Furukawa-cho, Kudamatsu City developed...

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has reported two cases of Clostridium perfringens infection in Oslo. The patients reported injected heroin via syringes. Both of the sick have had serious infections...

The Delaware General Health District reported this week that the outbreak of gastrointestinal infection linked to a local Chipotle Mexican Grill was due to the C. perfringens toxin. Although food...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die. CDC listed the top five germs that...

In a follow-up to a report last month of a gastrointestinal outbreak of unknown etiology on board the Princess Cruises vessel, Crown Princess, Vessel Sanitation Program officials are now reporting the...

As of October 21, officials with the Louisiana Department of Health are providing the most recent case counts of individuals who have been identified with a gastrointestinal illness related to the Salmonella...

In a follow-up on the foodborne disease outbreak in the small town of Columbia, LA, officials with the Louisiana Department of Health are reporting that 125 people have been identified with gastrointestinal...

In a follow-up on a report two weeks ago on an outbreak of  gastrointestinal illness linked to the Rifle Rodeo at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Colorado, Garfield County health officials report receiving...

Public Health is investigating an outbreak of gastroenteritis with abdominal cramps and diarrhea associated with Rancho Bravo Tacos at 1001 East Pine St, Seattle. Four people from a single party became...

Dozens of employees with the New Mexico Department of Health have been sickened with a type of food poisoning at their own holiday luncheon, according to a Santa Fe New Mexican report this week. Of the...