Word: salmonella
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...parents, the worry list is now a little longer. Large-scale outbreaks of food poisoning from school meals have risen on average 10% each year, from 25 outbreaks in 1990 to 50 in 1999, sickening a total of 16,000 children across the country with everything from salmonella to hepatitis A, according to a report released by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) last spring. While undoubtedly unpleasant, most of those illnesses ran their course in a few days...
Tangen said her life changed when she was diagnosed with salmonella poisoning while volunteering at an orphanage in Nicaragua in 1999 the summer after her sophomore year...
...diagnosed with salmonella poisoning the last week I was there. When I came back to school, I was treated, but I kept getting worse rather than better,” Tangen said...
Glickman said listeria outbreaks appear to be on the rise, while cases of E. coli and Salmonella seem to be declining...
Unfortunately, it's not always easy to distinguish listeriosis from other, more common food-borne illnesses. What you might think is food poisoning is often a viral infection. Typically, food poisoning is caused by one of several possible bacteria, including E. coli, salmonella, staphylococcus and listeria. Most of the time you can protect yourself against these pathogens by following a few simple safety rules. Washing your hands before and after preparing foods, for example. Or making sure all meat is thoroughly cooked. Or not using the same knife to cut uncooked poultry and chop fresh vegetables...