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January 06, 2008
Possible secondary hepatitis case probed in Beaver
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWednesday, February 11, 2004Associated PressThe state Health Department is trying to determine if a fast-food employee infected with hepatitis A caught it as part of an outbreak linked to ...
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January 06, 2008
Months Later, Man Still Suffers From Hepatitis A
January 28, 2004PITTSBURGH -- Months after Frank Rossi ate at the Chi-Chi's at the Beaver Valley Mall in Beaver County, he's still suffering from hepatitis A.Rossi was one of 66 ...
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January 06, 2008
Local Hep-A Victim Gets Check From Chi-Chi's
660 People Contracted Virus; Three DiedJanuary 8, 2004PITTSBURGH -- One local family impacted by the hepatitis A outbreak will receive some good news Thursday.Seattle attorney Bill Marler will be giving ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis survivor lucky to be alive
Bill VidonicBeaver Valley Times 01/09/2004BEAVER - Richard Miller will be on anti-rejection medication for the rest of his life to keep his new liver functioning properly.The 57-year-old said he is ...
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January 06, 2008
Experts Seek New Effort to Control Hepatitis A
By ANAHAD O'CONNORPublished: December 30, 2003In the wake of recent food-borne hepatitis A outbreaks, scientists and medical experts are urging the federal government to intensify its efforts to quash the ...
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January 06, 2008
Epidemiologist praises hepatitis response
There have been no new cases reported in Mahoning or Trumbull counties.December 22, 2003By NANCY TULLISYoungstown VindicatorVINDICATOR SALEM BUREAUSALEM — An epidemiologist with the Ohio Department of Health said cases ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis' rarity in U.S. makes it dangerous
Virus more common where sanitation is poor, but that builds resistance to itSunday, December 21, 2003By Christopher Snowbeck and Lillian Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteHepatitis A virus is a common companion for ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis plaintiffs want judge to OK lawsuits against Chi-Chi's
Hepatitis plaintiffs want judge to OK lawsuits against Chi-Chi'sBy JOE MANDAKThe Associated Press12/19/2003PITTSBURGH (AP) — Attorneys representing 58 people who say they got hepatitis A from eating tainted green onions ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis-A Victims’ Attorneys Ask Bankruptcy Court to Lift Stay
Press AdvisoryDecember 19, 2003Wilmington, Delaware—Marler Clark, Seattle food illness attorneys, and Phillips, Goldman & Spence, a Wilmington, Delaware bankruptcy law firm, filed motions to lift the stay of bankruptcy today ...
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January 06, 2008
Secondary cases of Hepatitis A predictable, lawyer says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDECEMBER 17, 2003PITTSBURGH—Secondary cases of Hepatitis A have begun to surface in Beaver County and surrounding areas as the fifteen to sixty day incubation period elapses for those ...
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January 06, 2008
Students who got hepatitis likely shared food
Tuesday, December 16, 2003By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteTwo students at a Beaver County high school likely contracted hepatitis A by sharing food at lunch or in the hallways with another ...
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January 06, 2008
State confirms secondary of hepatitis A cases connected to Chi-Chi's
MONACA - The state Health Department on Monday confirmed there are secondary cases of hepatitis A connected to an outbreak at a Mexican restaurant.There are 10 secondary cases -- in ...
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January 06, 2008
Clues, but no smoking gun
Source of hepatitis cases may never be knownBy Diane Lindquist and Sandra DibbleUNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERSDecember 15, 2003An open-air conveyor belt was all that stood at the shut-down El Condor green ...
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January 06, 2008
Officials fear Hepatitis A spread
HOOKSTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) -- High school students who have tested positive for hepatitis A may be the first people to contract the virus from victims of an outbreak at a ...
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January 06, 2008
U.S., Mexico at odds over where onion probe's going
Thursday, December 11, 2003By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteU.S. and Mexican officials sent conflicting messages yesterday about whether the investigation into contaminated scallions consumed in a Beaver County restaurant is shifting ...
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January 06, 2008
Importing health hazards
12/8/03By Lou DobbsWe now know that the recent deadly outbreak of hepatitis A was caused by contaminated green onions imported from Mexico. It took the Food and Drug Administration far ...
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January 06, 2008
U.S. reports problems at 4 onion companies
Findings contradict Mexican officialsBy Diane LindquistUNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERDecember 10, 2003U.S. officials yesterday said an investigation of Mexican growers linked to recent hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States identified problems ...
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January 06, 2008
FDA Update on Recent Hepatitis A Outbreaks Associated With Green Onions From Mexico
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEStatementDecember 9, 2003Media Inquiries:301-436-2335Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDAThe Food and Drug Administration is reaffirming that several recent Hepatitis A virus outbreaks have been associated with eating raw or undercooked green ...
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January 06, 2008
Investigators say viral link may never be found
Saturday, December 06, 2003By Christopher Snowbeck and Lillian Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteInvestigators visiting green onion farms this week have found no evidence to conclusively link particular scallion growers in Mexico with ...
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January 06, 2008
Green onions remain in the hot seat -- Four U.S. firms named in lawsuit
By Rand GreenThe Produce News12/08/2003Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm that specializes in foodborne illness cases, and the Pittsburgh law firm of Meyers Rosen Louik & Perry have filed a ...
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January 06, 2008
Officials: No Link to Hepatitis, Onions
The Associated PressTuesday, December 9, 2003PITTSBURGH- There is no evidence linking an outbreak of hepatitis in western Pennsylvania to Mexican green onion growers, officials from Mexico said.U.S. officials have linked ...
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January 06, 2008
One of 4 firms linked to U.S. hepatitis outbreak violated hygiene standards
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP)U.S. inspectors visiting green-onion producers in northwestern Mexico found that one of the four companies linked to a deadly U.S. hepatitis outbreak failed to meet hygiene standards, Mexican ...
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January 06, 2008
Between the Lines
Plaintiffs turn up the heat on Chi-Chi'sby Joanne WojcikBusiness InsurancePublished on Dec. 08, 2003You'd think the victims of the recent hepatitis A outbreak at a Chi-Chi's restaurant in Pittsburgh could ...
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January 06, 2008
Mexican governor: inspectors found no hepatitis in Baja California
ASSOCIATED PRESSDecember 4, 2003TIJUANA, Mexico – Inspections by U.S. and Mexican experts have not yet found any evidence of hepatitis infection at several scallion farms in Baja California state linked ...
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January 06, 2008
Castellini named in hepatitis suit
Tainted onions may have passed through Ky. firmBy James McNairThe Cincinnati EnquirerWednesday, December 3, 2003Castellini Co., the 107-year-old produce distributor in Wilder, is being dragged into the maelstrom of lawsuits ...
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