North Carolina E. coli outbreak grows
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An outbreak of E. coli infections linked to last month&#39;s state fair may be larger than previously thought, with more than 100 additional cases under review, according to health officials.
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RALEIGH, NC Nov 4, 2004 - At least 24 people, most of them children, have been infected with E. coli bacteria, and the outbreak might be connected to a petting zoo that was at the State Fair, authorities said.
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An E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 22 people &#151; two of them seriously &#151; was linked by health investigators Monday to three Taco Bell restaurants in New Jersey. Investigators also were examining whether an outbreak of 14 cases on Long Island was connected to the fast-food chain.
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A 13-year-old Moore County girl is among 31 people in North Carolina with confirmed cases of E. coli infection, according to state public health officials.
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It took exactly 14 days from the time state health officials in Wisconsin noticed five cases of E. coli O157:H7 in the same county until investigators arrived Wednesday at a field in California's Salinas Valley in search of the bacteria that ended up in bagged spinach and sickened 157 people in 23...
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Dec. 4 -- An E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 22 people, two of them seriously, was linked by health investigators Monday to three Taco Bell restaurants in New Jersey.
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Officials continued to investigate an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has so far claimed one life and sickened more than 50 people in 10 states.
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RALEIGH, NC - Five people who attended last month&#39;s state fair had E. coli infections that stem from the same strain of bacteria, health investigators confirmed.
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One week, it's E. coli in fresh spinach. Then there's the recall for botulism in canned chili, beef stew, hash and gravy. And another for "gripe" water for colicky infants due to concerns about cryptosporidium. Just this week, there was an expanded recall for E. coli in frozen burgers and another...
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State health officials in Ohio are investigating whether a second death is the result of a deadly outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, as federal regulators expanded their search for the source of the contamination.
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An elderly woman who died in late August was infected with E. coli after eating fresh spinach, bringing to three the number of people who have perished in a nationwide outbreak of the bacteria, health officials said Friday.
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MADISON, Wis. -- Two bags of spinach collected from E. coli patients in Wisconsin are linked to the national outbreak of the disease, state health officials said.
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New Jersey's top health official is describing a recent spate of E. coli sickness as "a serious outbreak," but says the threat seems to have passed.
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An outbreak of E. coli bacterial infections in central New Jersey has grown to 19 confirmed cases, a health official said Monday.
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Recent E. coli outbreaks have drawn attention to foodborne illnesses, and though officials say the overall number of cases is on the decline, produce &#151; particularly leafy vegetables &#151; is increasingly a carrier of germs once linked only to meat and dairy.
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Agents with the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration searched two produce-packing plants in California's Salinas Valley yesterday morning in connection with last month's outbreak of E. coli in fresh spinach that so far has sickened 193 people and killed at least one.
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The death of an elderly Nebraska woman has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli from tainted spinach, state health officials said Friday.