New York City is experiencing another cluster of Legionnaires’ disease just weeks after a cluster exposure in Manhattan was declared over.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the Cyclospora outbreak related to Taylor Farms lettuce over Friday, though the Food and Drug Administration says its investigation remains ongoing. The big picture: Thousands of people fell ill as the outbreak rapidly surged throughout the country this summer as federal authorities searched for its origin amid a backdrop of overlapping food safety investigations . Driving the news: "This outbreak has ended. The number of recent infections linked to the outbreak has significantly declined," the CDC said in a Friday update, noting the "contaminated lettuce linked to this outbreak is no longer available in stores or restaurants." This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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Thousands of people became sick after eating shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
When a truck driver unexpectedly collapsed and died in a remote village, frontline medical staff scrambled to safely isolate his body, triggering a standoff.
The FDA has nine food-borne illness outbreak investigations happening at the same time, a new record.
By Tanya Berlaga Governor Josh Shapiro would be best advised to stop leveraging two dead babies for national attention to his future political ambitions.
A six-week-old infant’s death in Pennsylvania was caused by measles, the Lancaster County coroner confirmed Friday.
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The New World screwworm was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but it has recently returned to the region, reports say