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September 06, 2006 • Salmonella
LOW SALMONELLA LEVELS ON FARMS
Iowa State University researchers Isabel Harris and Matthew Erdmann have found that hogs on small farms already have little or no Salmonella. “These farms have very low levels of Salmonella,” explained D.L. Harris, an ISU Food Safety Consortium researcher and animal science professor. “They’re traditional farms that don’t use antibiotics.” …
September 06, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEPATITIS A CAUSES CONCERN
By Bill Collins 09/05/06 Staff Writer Mid-August’s hepatitis A scare in Fort Wayne has prompted local health concerns about the virus. Several cases of the disease that were reported were apparently contracted from a Fort Wayne Pizza Hut employee. The employee was working between August 3 and 19, but has …
September 06, 2006 • Hepatitis A
CAUTION PREVAILS AGAINST HEPATITIS A
No other cases reported, but officials wary By Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette Since a server at the Coventry Pizza Hut was diagnosed with hepatitis A nearly two weeks ago, no related cases have been reported. But health officials – fully aware of the virus’ average monthlong incubation period during …
September 06, 2006 • Hepatitis A
NO FURTHER CASES OF HEPATITIS A KSU CHIEF PHYSICIAN: NEARLY 394 IMMUNIZED
David O’Brien Record-Courier staff writer 9/6/2006 Three days after announcing a male student had contracted Hepatitis A and could potentially have passed the virus to others through his job preparing catered meals, Kent State Universitys chief physician said no further cases of the liver disease have been identified. Dr. Ray …
September 06, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 06, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 05, 2006 • Salmonella
SALMONELLA CASES IN STATE RAISE ALARM
48 people in Minnesota and other states have been stricken by salmonella poisoning in the past 19 months after eating frozen chicken entrees that looked precooked but were raw. The products, sold in supermarkets, have been marketed as safe for microwaves, but Minnesota health officials say they aren’t, reports the …
September 05, 2006 • Hepatitis A
KSU RUSHES TO STOP VIRUS
September 3, 2006 Akron Beacon Journal (OH) Lisa A. Abraham http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/nation/15431779.htm?source=syn KENT – Kent State University officials are dealing with one confirmed and one suspected case of hepatitis A in students, and are working with public health officials to administer hundreds of immunizations to keep the virus from spreading. The …
September 05, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEPATITIS A SHOTS TAX RED CROSS BLOOD SUPPLY
By Jennifer L. Boen jboen@News-sentinel.com The ripple effects of possible exposure to hepatitis A by up to 10,000 Coventry Pizza Hut diners continue to be felt in the greater Fort Wayne area and beyond. As the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health continues immunizing people in mass clinics at Memorial …
September 05, 2006 • Hepatitis A
2 KENT STATE STUDENTS HAVE HEPATITIS A DINING SERVICES WORKER INFECTED; AT LEAST 270 IMMUNIZATIONS GIVEN; 2ND CASE APPEARS UNCONNECTED
David O’Brien September 3, 2006 Record-Courier staff writer Kent State University officials and local health departments are taking preventive measures against the potential spread of the Hepatitis A virus after Fridays confirmation that a male student employed with University Dining Services had the virus. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the …
September 05, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 05, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 05, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 05, 2006 • Outbreaks
September 04, 2006 • Hepatitis A
PIZZA HUT DOING ‘THE RIGHT THING’: HANDLING OF HEPATITIS SCARE LAUDED
September 2, 2006 The Journal Gazette (IN) Michael Schroeder http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/15423857.htm Gary Boyer, operations director at Wendy’s in Marion, still hears comments about hepatitis A. It’s been more than two years since it was reported that an employee at the restaurant was diagnosed with the virus. No other workers or patrons …
September 04, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEALTH LEADERS LOOK FOR SOURCE OF HEPATITIS
Hundreds get shots; state declares hep A outbreak by Angie Newsome, ANEWSOME@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM August 30, 2006 ASHEVILLE — As 250 restaurant goers lined up Tuesday at the Buncombe County Health Center for free immune globulin shots, state and local health officials investigated a mini outbreak of hepatitis A in Buncombe and …
September 01, 2006 • Salmonella
WAL-MART STORE SOURCE OF SALMONELLA OUTBREAK IN JOHNSON, MARION COUNTIES
The Indiana State Department of Health says a Wal-Mart store is the source of a recent salmonella outbreak that affected 84 people in Johnson and Marion counties. Wal-Mart officials say the problem was detected in the deli and bakery areas. The health department says Wal-Mart officials have taken steps to …
September 01, 2006 • Salmonella
INFECTIONS CLOSE POPULAR FOUNTAIN
The fountain at Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park in downtown San Jose, the interactive fountain that has long been a magnet for frolicking children, has now been closed indefinitely. County health officials believe the popular water feature is the common denominator for seven confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis — a diarrheal …
September 01, 2006 • Salmonella
SALMONELLA OUTBREAK SPARES MORGAN COUNTY
A Wal-Mart deli and bakery has been identified as the source of a recent salmonella outbreak affecting people in Johnson and Marion counties, the Indiana State Health Department reported. But according to Donna Chastain and Elizabeth Young of the Morgan County Health Department, no food from the Wal-Mart or from …
September 01, 2006 • Hepatitis A
STOCK UP NOW TO BE READY IF PANDEMIC HITS
Each family needs to prepare now to have food, other essentials on hand. By Jennifer L. Boen jboen@news-sentinel.com What would you need to survive in your home for a week, maybe two or even a month? Allen County residents are encouraged to think on that and begin gearing up for …
September 01, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 31, 2006 • Press Releases
E. coli information available on Web
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department reported that Ryan’s Restaurant in Hixson, Tennessee, was the potential source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the Tennessee Valley earlier this summer. Seven of eight individuals who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections as part of the outbreak reported eating at the …
August 31, 2006 • Salmonella
14 people sickened after playing in downtown S.J. fountain
San Jose has shut down the fountain at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez because health officials suspect as many as 14 people became sick after playing in the water there. The Mercury News says the fountain was the common denominator for five confirmed cases of a cryptosporidium infection and eight …
August 31, 2006 • Hepatitis A
HEPATITIS TREATMENT TO BE OFFERED
30.aug.06 Charleston Gazette (WV) As a result of potential exposure by an infected staff member in one classroom, children and staff of the Kanawha County Schools Head Start Program, located at the Martin Luther King Center in Charleston, will be offered preventive treatment for hepatitis A. Nurses from the Kanawha-Charleston …
August 31, 2006 • Outbreaks
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