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Third Listeria death linked to Australian cheese company
A third person has died following a listeria outbreak linked to soft cheeses produced in the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria’s acting chief health officer, Dr Michael Ackland, has confirmed the...
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Pregnant woman miscarries because of listeria in Quebec cheese
Public health officials in Quebec say a pregnant woman in the province has lost her baby, possibly because of listeriosis. Officials are still awaiting test results to confirm whether the woman who...
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Listeriosis leads to 2 miscarriages in Chicago area
Recalls of food contaminated with listeria are fairly common. Today, it’s sandwiches in Western Canada and frozen dough in Israel. Also today, a reminder of why information about listeria needs to be...
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Raw milk: save the family farm while making kids barf?
The N.Y. Times has a story running in tomorrow’s edition flaunting the value of raw milk as a way to save the family farm because a small percentage of people pay a hefty premium for the raw stuff. The...
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Pregnant Iowa woman miscarries due to listeria-in-cantaloupe
Mommies-to-be like their cantaloupe too. So the news of the first stillbirth linked to listeria-in-cantaloupe is expected, but nonetheless tragic. The Des Moines Register reports tonight that a...
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Fifth person dies in Australia’s rockmelon listeria outbreak
An elderly man has died and a woman has miscarried as a result of the nationwide listeria outbreak, which has been linked to contaminated rockmelon. Amy McNeilage of The Guardian reports the Victorian...
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Listeria in Spain: 3 miscarriages, almost 200 sick
Lucy Domachowski of the Daily Star writes that three pregnant women have suffered miscarriages and nearly 200 people hospitalised with listeria as an outbreak of the infection grips Spain’s holiday...
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