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• U.S. Schools Hit By Thousands of Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreaks Over Last Decade, Study Finds

  October 28, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  Thousands of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis have occurred in schools and childcare facilities in recent years, mostly caused by norovirus and shigella spread by person-to-person contact, according to a new study.

• Food Poisoning Data from CDC Includes Infections Diagnosed Through Rapid Tests For First Time

  April 24, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  New rapid testing techniques may be helping to discover food poisoning incidents that would have otherwise been missed, causing some numbers to show an increase in incidents.

• San Francisco Shigella Outbreak Sickens Nearly 200, Results in Lawsuits Against Restaurant

  October 27, 2015

  Russell Maas

  A Mexican seafood restaurant in the San Francisco area has been temporarily shut down as government health officials investigate a...

• Food Poisoning Bugs Developing Drug Resistance, CDC Warns

  June 10, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC warns of growing antibacterial resistance in some pathogens associated with food poisoning.

• Shigella Sonnei Bacteria Emerging as New “Superbug” CDC Warns

  April 3, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC is warning that shigella is becoming increasingly antibiotic resistant after a sharp rise in the number of cases where the drug resisted treatment.