Michigan has documented 13,909 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, up from the 12,485 cases reported last Thursday. The department is issuing weekly updates on the number of documented cases with weekly updates on hospitalizations, as well as cases recorded in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. A total […]
Missouri has officially been added to the list of states linked to the shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms that caused cyclosporiasis. Five other states — Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina — are also new to the list. They join Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Boone […]
Michigan has documented 12,485 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, up from the 10,773 cases reported last Friday. The department is issuing weekly updates on the number of documented cases with weekly updates on hospitalizations, as well as cases recorded in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. A total […]
TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a gastrointestinal illness typically caused by an organism on produce rose to 615 as of Wednesday, up about 150 cases from last week, according to a state infectious disease dashboard. Cyclosporiasis cases nationally rose to more than 6,300 and two deaths linked to the outbreak occurred in Michigan, the Centers […]
As cyclosporiasis infections continue to rise, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting two deaths tied to the parasitic illness. MDHHS provides daily updates on cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan, noting in its Monday report that two deaths have been identified as part of the outbreak. “According to medical records, both individuals had […]
Michigan has documented 10,773 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, up from the 8,176 cases reported last Friday. The department is issuing daily updates on the number of documented cases with weekly updates on hospitalizations, as well as cases recorded in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. A total […]
The same food supply chain that lets restaurants serve nearly identical produce in Missouri, Michigan or California can also make it remarkably difficult to figure out where contamination began when Americans get sick. As cyclospora cases climb across Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are working backward through a supply chain that can stretch thousands […]
Michigan has documented 8,176 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, marking a significant increase from the 5,002 cases it reported last Friday. The department is issuing daily updates on the number of documented cases with weekly updates on Thursdays on the number of cases resulting in hospitalization, as well […]
TOPEKA — Kansas cases of an infection that causes gastrointestinal illness increased to 289 over the past week, and the state’s health agency said they are connected to a national outbreak. The state’s cyclosporiasis cases are part of more than 7,400 cases reported nationally and are linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce, which […]
(Legal Newsline) - Lawsuits have begun to land in courts across the country over the recent outbreak of "explosive diarrhea"-inducing bacterial contamination, beginning with lawsuits in Ohio federal court against owners of Taco Bell fast food restaurants, claiming lettuce used in their food products is at least partly to blame for the nationwide outbreak.
