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The Food and Drug Administration has closed investigations into three foodborne illness outbreaks. For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

KINGSTON, Nov 21 - Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week. The virus is the same ...

Six Americans have died and more than 20 others have been sickened in a growing listeria outbreak linked to prepackaged pasta meals. It is upsetting, but not surprising. I worked on food safety at the ...

The death toll has increased to six people in a multi-state listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat pasta products sold at stores such as Walmart, Kroger and Trader Joe's. The numbers are only the ...

At least six people have died and 25 have been hospitalized amid a listeria outbreak that's spread to 18 states. The outbreak is believed to be tied to prepared pasta meals from Nate's Fine Foods, ...

Health officials say six deaths and 27 illnesses across 18 states are now linked to a listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta meals sold at major grocery chains including Kroger and Trader Joe's. The ...

A Newsweek map shows the spread of cases possibly related to the lysteria outbreak linked to some pasta products. Newsweek has contacted the CDC via email for further updates and to clarify which ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed the 19th outbreak of norovirus on a cruise ship this year. Royal Caribbean International’s Serenade of the Seas cruise ship was hit with ...