Colorado is Center of Deadly Listeria Outbreak The Denver Post has reported that state epidemiologist Alicia Cronquist thought it slightly odd when she learned two people were sickened by listeria bacteria within days.  When two more reports arrived at the state health department in late August, Cronquist figured she was dealing with an outbreak. “That [...]

Contaminated Cantaloupes Claim 4 Deaths So Far, and Counting Public health officials at the CDC, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and several state health departments are investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has thus far sickened 35 persons in 10 states. The illnesses are distributed as follows: California (1), Colorado (12), Illinois [...]

The listeria lawyers at Simon & Luke are investigating a new listeria outbreak that has has killed two Texas citizens and sickened five more.  The illnesses were spread across three counties so far: Bexar County (5), Travis County (1), and Hidalgo County (1). Roger Sanchez, senior epidemiologist with the Metropolitan Health District, has reported that [...]