One dead, 11 sickened in Oklahoma E. coli outbreak
The Tulsa World is reporting that one person died and 11 others are suffering from illnesses, possibly related to E. coli, and remain hospitalized. Leslea Bennett-Webb, communications director for the...
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Suspected E. coli claims Oklahoma newlywed; dozens sickened
The Tulsa World reports that Chad Ingle married the love of his life June 21. He died just nine weeks later, on Sunday, of what is suspected to be E. coli poisoning. He was 26. His sister, Laura...
View ArticleSearch for E. coli O111 source continues in Oklahoma; 1 dead, 175 sick
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported Saturday Aug. 30/08 that at least 176 persons have become ill as a result of the E. coli O111 outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma. Cases include...
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E. coli O111 can kill
Reporter Julie Schmit says in today’s USA Today that 20-month-old Braylee Beaver, was one of 314 people sickened in August by E. coli O111 in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. A 26-year-old died in the outbreak....
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Despite E. coli cases, Oklahoma restaurant kept serving customers; not so in...
A Harvey’s restaurant in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, remains closed as the number of confirmed and suspected sick with E. coli O157:H7 climbed to 159 today. The public health folks in North Bay must...
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Hockey and triathalons – don’t swim in the Oklahoma River
I miss hockey. The closest ice is two hours away. I used to play 4-5 times a week, coached a whole bunch of girls teams, and now I’m in Kansas, watching TV, and I’m fat. Maybe my friend Steve will...
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Salmonella outbreak in Oklahoma students
The Oklahoma state health department has confirmed 10 children at four different Mustang elementary schools have contracted the same strain of Salmonella. The first case was spotted Sept. 2 and the...
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Oklahoma E. coli victim dies of complications – 8 years later
A 24-year-old Owasso, Oklahoma man has died of complications from an E. coli infection he contracted in 2002. Richard Chatfield (right, photo from News On 6, in 2008) died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,...
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21 dead, 109 sick from listeria-in-cantaloupe; focus on farming practices
As the number of people sickened with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes associated with cantaloupe has risen to 109 in 24 states, with 21 deaths, media reporting...
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341 sick, 1 dead; no source found food worker suspected; epidemiology of 2008...
In Aug. 2008, 26-year-old Chad Ingle had a meal at the Country Cottage in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, a popular family-owned buffet-style restaurant. Nine days later, Chad was dead from E. coli O111. By...
View ArticleTwo kids fighting E. coli infection after separately visiting Oklahoma lake
A weekend at the lake may be to blame for sending two Green Country children to the hospital. The health department says it hasn’t found evidence the bacteria was related to lake exposure, however the...
View ArticleOklahoma girl hospitalized with E. coli
A Tulsa-area girl is fighting a strain of E. coli poisoning at a Tulsa-area hospital. More than two weeks ago, 8-year-old Cady Daugherty fell ill and her father says since then she was placed on a...
View ArticleOklahoma girl continues recovery from E. coli poisoning
An 8-year-old Green Country girl continues to recover from E. coli poisoning. Cady Daugherty was hospitalized last month. Since then, she was placed on a ventilator and dialysis. She also spent several...
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Seven inmates in Oklahoma state prisons have been hospitalized in the past three weeks with symptoms of salmonellosis. Fourty-seven women at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center had symptoms of...
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12 possibly sick with E. coli at Oklahoma State Fairgrounds; all worked with...
The State Health Department said that they are working on 12 cases of possible E. coli cases. They said 8 of them were at the Youth Expo, but some of the other 4 may not have been there. They are now...
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Community rallies behind Oklahoma boy battling E. coli infection
Residents in a small town in northwest Oklahoma are rallying behind a young boy, who is fighting for his life after being infected with E. coli. State health officials in Oklahoma are investigating a...
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Benefit dinner to help Oklahoma family of child recovering from E. coli
Laura Harris said the community support she has felt since her son became ill has been overwhelming. “It brings you to tears to see how generous they are,” Harris said. “It makes you appreciate coming...
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341 sick, 1 dead; no source found food worker suspected; epidemiology of 2008...
In Aug. 2008, 26-year-old Chad Ingle had a meal at the Country Cottage in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, a popular family-owned buffet-style restaurant. Nine days later, Chad was dead from E. coli O111. By...
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Oklahoma student saved by blood donors twice
Eric Swanson of The ADA News reports that without the help of blood donors, Tierney Roberts might not be alive today. Donated blood helped Roberts for the first time in 2010, when she was injured in a...
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2-year-old on life support in Texas after contracting E. coli
An Ennis family says the CDC is investigating after their 2-year-old was exposed to a dangerous strain of E.coli. Landon Huston is now on life support at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. “He’s usually...
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