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Arkansas added to list of cyclospora outbreak states

  • Ainsley Platt

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added Arkansas to its list of states connected to an ongoing outbreak of a parasitic illness linked to lettuce, the state health department confirmed Wednesday. The microscopic parasite known as cyclospora has sickened thousands of people across the U.S. in recent weeks. Arkansas and five other states were […]

Kansas

Kansas cases of illness causing explosive diarrhea jump to 289 

  • Morgan Chilson

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 […]

Lawsuits seek to shred Taylor Farms over 'explosive diarrhea' outbreak
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Lawsuits seek to shred Taylor Farms over 'explosive diarrhea' outbreak

  • Jonathan Bilyk | Legal Newsline

(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.