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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the time did not confirm the origin, but the government agency suspected it was either slivered onions or beef patties. [3] [4] An update to the investigation was published on October 25 with 26 new cases, 12 new hospitalizations, and 3 new U.S. states (Oregon, Washington, and Utah). [5]
McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers are being linked to an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened nearly 50 people in 10 states, killing one person, federal health officials said Tuesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a press release on Tuesday, Oct. 22 that it is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s quarter pounders. 50 people in 10 ...
As of Dec. 3, the CDC said 104 people have fallen ill and 34 were hospitalized due to the outbreak caused by the E. coli O157:H7 strain that can cause "very serious disease." Onions were supplied ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration issued a food safety alert in October after 49 cases of E. coli were reported
The Center for Environmental Health was an outgrowth of CDC's heavy involvement in recent environmental health incidents such as chemical contamination in Triana, Alabama and Love Canal, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the eruption of Mount St. Helens; it also inherited existing programs in rat control, lead, dental disease, cancer ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that "it is likely many more illnesses have occurred than those reported." If applying a previous CDC estimated ratio of non-reported salmonellosis cases to reported cases (38.6:1), one would arrive at an estimated 40,273 illnesses from this outbreak. [69]
An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's has ended, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The outbreak sickened at least 104 people in 14 states, about a third of whom were ...