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April 29, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Knox County Case Not Thought Related To Others Nearby
4/29/2005 Knox County health officials say the hepatitis-A case at Powell High School isn’t connected to an outbreak of at least 18 other cases in surrounding counties. Officials suspect the student got the disease while on a mission trip to Guatemala. Knox County schools spokesman Russ Oaks says Powell High …
April 29, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Powell High student has hepatitis A
Case not connected with recent ones By ANSLEY HAMAN, hamana@knews.com April 29, 2005 A Powell High School student tested positive for hepatitis A on Thursday, but Knox County Health Department officials said the case is not connected with recent ones in surrounding counties. The student received confirmation of the viral …
April 29, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Hampton fast-food worker tested for hepatitis
By JODY RECORD Union Leader Correspondent HAMPTON — A suspected case of hepatitis A is being investigated by the state after receiving a report of a fast-food restaurant employee showing similar symptoms of the disease. Dr. Jose Montero of the Public Health Office in Concord confirmed yesterday tests are being …
April 28, 2005 • Salmonella
Salmonella victims want judge to OK mediation system
Seattle food-illness attorney Bill Marler has advised plaintiffs’ attorneys to bargain directly with the Sheetz convenience store chain and Coronet Foods Inc., the bankrupt Wheeling, W.Virginia company that sold salmonella-contaminated Roma tomatoes to Sheetz. A similar system was used when Chi-Chi’s restaurant was sued by customers sickened in a 200 …
April 28, 2005 • Listeria
7-Eleven meat wrap is recalled
Thu, Apr. 28, 2005 By Barry Shlachter Star-Telegram Staff Writer A Lewisville-made meat wrap is being voluntarily recalled more than five days after it was removed from sale at 7-Eleven stores because a sample was found to be contaminated by the pathogen listeria, the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service …
April 28, 2005 • Outbreaks
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April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Health Officials Say Restaurant Worker Not Responsible For Hepatitis-A Outbreak
4/27/2005 A restaurant worker in Scott County is among those confirmed with hepatitis-A in East Tennessee. But health officials say they don’t believe the viral liver disease was spread to people who ate at the restaurant. There have been 18 cases of hepatitis-A reported in Anderson, Campbell and Scott counties …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Transmitted by Food
Anthony E. Fiore Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Hepatitis A is caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV). Transmission occurs by the fecal-oral route, either by direct contact with an HAV-infected person or by ingestion of HAV-contaminated food or water. Foodborne or waterborne hepatitis A …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
The economics of vaccinating restaurant workers against hepatitis A
Martin I. Meltzer – Craig N. Shapiro – Eric E. Mast and Christine Arcari Office of the Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop D-59, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Call for Hepatitis A Vaccinations for all Foodservice Workers
Opinion Editorial William D. Marler April 27, 2005 In the last two weeks 1,200 High School and Elementary School students from Stockton, California, 5,000 patrons of a Clinton, Tennessee Waffle House, and thousands who ate a Norfolk, Virgina Soul Food Restaurant all have something in common — all are being urged to get Immune Globulin […] …
April 27, 2005 • Listeria
Texas Firm Recalls Meat Wrap for Possible Listeria Contamination
Recalls & Alerts By USDA Apr 26, 2005 Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-022-2005 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113; FAX: (202) 690-0460 Amanda Eamich WASHINGTON, April 26, 2005 – Prime Deli Corp., a Lewisville, Texas, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 191 pounds of meat wrap sandwiches that may be contaminated with […] …
April 27, 2005 • Outbreaks
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis Scare At Stockton Schools
April 27, 2005 STOCKTON”A warning is out for families whose children attend 4 schools in Stockton: keey an eye out for Hepatitis-A. A cafeteria worker has come down with the infectious disease. School and public health officials started to worry after a part-time cafeteria worker at Franklin High School was …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Stockton Cafeteria Worker’s Diagnosis of Hepatitis Prompts Warning
April 27, 2005 Letters have been sent out warning that as many as 1,200 Stockton-area students area may have been exposed to hepatitis A, a potentially fatal viral disease. The letters were sent Friday and Monday after a cafeteria worker was diagnosed with the illness last Thursday. Students at Franklin …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Worker at restaurant in Norfolk diagnosed with Hepatitis A virus
By STEVE STONE AND KATRICE HARDY The Virginian-Pilot April 27, 2005 NORFOLK — People who dined at a local soul food restaurant April 15 through April 18 may need to get shots to protect them from exposure to Hepatitis A. A food handler employed by Alice Mae’s Soul Food restaurant, in the 100 block of […] …
April 27, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Source of hepatitis A outbreak in Campbell County still unknown
April 26, 2005 CLINTON (AP) – Health department officials have not found the source of a hepatitis A outbreak in Campbell County even after interviewing nearly 100 people over the weekend, they said Monday. The health department opened an emergency clinic last week, and more than 1,500 people were vaccinated, department spokeswoman Carole Martin said […] …
April 26, 2005 • Press Releases
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Elmira restaurant
Marler Clark filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Maple Lawn Dairy Family Restaurant on behalf of the estate of a Chemung County, New York, resident who contracted hepatitis A after eating at the restaurant in October, 2004 and died on March 13, 2005 after suffering complications of hepatitis A …
April 26, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Worker at downtown Norfolk restaurant has Hepatitis A
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Reported by: Kathryn Barrett A worker at a Norfolk restaurant has Hepatitis A and health officials want to find patrons who might have been exposed. Health officials said the alert affects some customers of Alice Mae’s Soul Food Restaurant at 112 Bank Street. You have to …
April 26, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Attorney Again Calls for Mandatory Hepatitis A Vaccinations for all
APRIL 26, 2005 STOCKTON — Nearly 1,200 High School and Elementary School students are being urged to get Immune Globulin shots to prevent the spread of hepatitis A after being exposed to a hepatitis A positive cafeteria worker. “It seems that a month hardly passes without a warning from a …
April 26, 2005 • Hepatitis A
About 1,200 students exposed to Hepatitis A
Health officials say risk of contracting illness is low By Yasmin Assemi Record Staff Writer Published Tuesday, April 26, 2005 STOCKTON — About 1,200 students at Franklin High, Kohl Open, Fillmore Elementary and Urbani Institute have been exposed to Hepatitis A after a cafeteria worker was diagnosed with the disease …
April 26, 2005 • Hepatitis A
No single restaurant, event source of hepatitis A outbreak
Health study finds no current risk to public of ongoing infection By KRISTI L. NELSON, nelsonk@knews.com April 26, 2005 No single event, restaurant or other place was the source of a hepatitis A outbreak that has infected 18 people so far, the East Tennessee Regional Health Department announced Monday. That …
April 26, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Restaurant not source of hepatitis A outbreak
April 25, 2005 KNOXVILLE (WATE) — The East Tennessee Regional Health Department says Monday that its investigation of the recent hepatitis A outbreak wasn’t able to identify a restaurant as the likely source. Health officials say over the past weekend they conducted 98 interviews that included people with the virus …
April 26, 2005 • Outbreaks
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