NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Galveston County Health District regrets to inform residents of a death due to Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus.). Vibrio is a bacterium that naturally lives in coastal waters,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in St. Louis County, Missouri are advising the public to discard recently purchased oysters from The Fruit Stand & Seafood, 14433 Manchester Road in Manchester...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the state health departments of Georgia and Alabama have detected a Salmonella outbreak associated with the consumption of raw oysters...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Federal and state health officials report investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Texas. As of December 15, 211 illnesses have been...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising the public (restaurants, food retailers and consumers) about potentially contaminated raw oysters from Dai One Food Co., Ltd.,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada reported this week that the norovirus/gastrointestinal illnesses outbreak linked to raw oysters from British Columbia that began earlier this...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) an estimated 103 norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from British Columbia. The following states have been affected: CA,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 California state health officials are warning the public not to eat raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada because they may be linked to an outbreak of norovirus illnesses in California. In...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Canadian health officials at all levels are investigating an outbreak of norovirus and gastrointestinal illnesses involving four provinces. Based on the investigation findings to...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Minnesota health authorities and local health officials are working with federal officials and public health agencies in other states and Canada to investigate norovirus illnesses...