October 4, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials enacted an emergency rule Wednesday restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and requiring warnings about unregulated THC products amid an outbreak of lung illness related to vaping. All tobacco sellers will be required …
November 28, 2011
A Utah couple has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Similac, claiming their child was sickened by drinking the baby formula because it was tainted with beetles and beetle larvae. Attorneys for Adam and Amanda Oettli, of …
November 7, 2011
Authorities say a fuel leak on a bus carrying dozens of Northern California high school students sickened or injured at least 11 youths who were taken to hospitals complaining of skin irritation and difficulty breathing. California Highway Patrol Officer Alex …
November 7, 2011
Thirty-five people reported symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea after sharing a buffet line at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A spokeswoman for UW Extension, which runs the conference center, told the Wisconsin State Journal they …
November 4, 2011
Three employees of a Springfield power plant have been released from the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a fire at the plant. Fire officials say the blaze in coal bunkers at the John Twitty Energy Center on Monday …
October 31, 2011
Authorities say nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was found in an apartment building in New London, Wis. The New London Fire Department says firefighters were called to the scene about 6 …
October 20, 2011
Health officials in Pennsylvania say a suburban Philadelphia woman is the state’s first reported case of someone becoming ill after eating a cantaloupe tainted with listeria. The Pennsylvania Health Department said Tuesday the elderly woman from Montgomery County was hospitalized …
September 19, 2011
An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that has killed as many as four people is a mystery to disease specialists who are used to seeing the pathogen in deli meats and soft cheeses. About 800 cases of listeria are found …
September 13, 2011
A Wisconsin medical products manufacturer faces a sixth lawsuit over its contaminated alcohol wipes. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee contends the Triad Group and its sister company, H&P Industries, knowingly distributed the contaminated wipes. The U.S. Food …
July 27, 2011
Germany’s national disease control center says it is declaring the country’s deadly E. coli outbreak over. The Robert Koch Institute said Tuesday no one has fallen ill for three weeks – a period that covers the disease’s incubation time. There …