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• Teen With Meningitis Could Have Infected Fellow Plane Passengers

  Jenny Albano | July 24, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A teenager, who was traveling on an AirTran Airways flight was found to have bacterial meningitis. The girl traveled from Orlando, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia and then to Wichita, Kansas and became very ill and unresponsive on the second flight. Crew members called for an ambulance to meet her upon arrival and the airline notified the CDC on Sunday.Now AirTran is trying to contact passengers...

• E. Coli Cause of Inmates Illness

  Jenny Albano | July 12, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A food-borne illness which was caused by E. coli bacteria is the source of an outbreak of illness among over 70 inmates at the Jefferson County jail. The inmates have reported symptoms such as abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and bloody stools.Illness from the shiga toxin-producing E. coli has been linked with eating undercooked beef or spinach, raw milk, unpasteurized apple...