Food poisoning 101: 3 spore-forming bacteria that cause foodborne illness
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. Clostridium More...
Clostridium perfringens toxin may trigger multiple sclerosis, according to study
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC – January 28, 2014 – Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have added to the growing body of evidence that multiple sclerosis may be triggered by a toxin produced by common More...
Tainted beef stroganoff likely source of Oregon outdoor school outbreak
Health officials say that an outbreak that sickened about 40 children sick earlier this month at an outdoor school, was likely due to beef stroganoff contaminated with a common food borne illness bacteria, Clostridium More...
Clostridium perfringens linked to a Christmas Day food poisoning outbreak that sickened 30 diners at a Havering establishment: one person died
The approximately 30 people who were sickened after eating a Christmas Day lunch at a dining establishment in the London Borough of Havering are believed to have contracted the relatively common cause of food More...
