Believe it or not, a bunch of us passed through Lubbock, Texas yesterday on the way to its neighbor to the north, the town of Plainview, Texas. An item in the local newspaper caught our attention.
It seems that the great Buddy Holly’s hometown is still working its way out of a September
Here’s an update on the Shigella outbreak involving the Applebee’s restaurant in Camillus, NY near Syracuse:
Bar lemons and limes used in both food and drinks are getting most of the focus of the investigation by health officials.
After the Onondaga County Health Department confirmed seven cases of Shigellosis from Applebee customers who dined there
Seven confirmed cases of Shigella have caused the Onondaga County Health Department in Syracuse, NY to warn up to 9,000 Applebee customers that they too might have been exposed to the bacteria. The restaurant involved is located in Camillus, NY, about 11 miles east of Syracuse. WSYR-TV reports that:
County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow says
After seeing the number of Shigella cases drop to just nine cases in 2005, ten in 2006, and eight in 2007, an outbreak last year got out of control in Columbus, Ohio.
It turned into 524 confirmed cases in 2008. Now, Columbus Public Health officials say the Shigella outbreak is not over. There’s been another
We last reported on the campaign Muskegon County, MI undertook in mid-December here to combat the rising incidents of Shigella it was experiencing. Now comes reports that progress is being made.
According to the Muskegon News:
An outbreak of shigella in Muskegon County appears to be waning, according to health officials.
Shigella is
Shigellosis usually does not originate from a water source, but when you are Alamosa, Colorado, you might just want to check to be sure. That’s because last year, the water in the San Luis Valley town gave Salmonella poisoning to 400 people. Our last update on that can be found here.
Now, however, it’s
First, this is the 250th posting on the Shigella Blog since it was founded on March 10, 2005. We’ve tried to provide useful news, comment and analysis on this nasty bug. We are pleased with the comments and trust you will continue to give us feedback as we go forward.
Let us continue. The Iowa
We’ve noticed that Ohio has really come in for massive increases in the number of Shigella cases it is experiencing. The latest figures from just two counties illustrate the point.
WHIO-TV in Dayton reports this:
We have new information about a bacterial disease that is making hundreds of people sick here in the Miami Valley.
When we last left Muskegon County, Michigan’s emerging Shigella outbreak here in early November, there were eight confirmed cases. As of last week, the number of confirmed cases stood at 47 on Thursday; most of the victims are under 10 years of age. Health officials confirmed 28 new cases in November and 13 during