Lawyers say they are suing Asda and Tesco over an E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce leaves on sandwiches (Photo: REX/Shutterstock) Supermarkets Tesco and Asda are facing legal action after two people were hospitalized due to the E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce leaves. One of them was an 11-year-old girl from the Northwest, while … Read more
Tesco and Asda are being sued by customers including the family of an 11-year-old girl who became seriously ill after eating own-brand sandwiches linked to a coronavirus outbreak. E. coli. The supermarkets are facing legal action after a child and an adult were left in hospital. One person has been confirmed to have died and … Read more
The number of people sickened by an E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce leaves has surpassed 250. Since the end of May, there have been 256 confirmed patients in the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O145 outbreak. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland and Public Health Wales are investigating the increase in … Read more
Credit: Cell host and microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.008 A team of UC Davis Health researchers has discovered that a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug, mesalamine, can replace the work of good bacteria in fighting the nasty fungus Candida albicans in the intestines. C. albicans, or candida, is known to cause fungal infections. In some cases it … Read more