1 of 4 American E. coli victims recuperating in Michigan
The recent E. coli outbreak, based largely in Germany but affecting a total of twelve countries, is responsible for at least 22 deaths with thousands more reported ill. At least one of the victims of...
View ArticleMaple Rapids children sickened by E.coli bacteria
MAPLE RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Two children and one adult have been sickened by E. coli bacteria in the state. The Mid-Michigan District Health Department says both children from the Maple Rapids area have...
View ArticleE. coli outbreak and food recall includes Michigan
Two people from Michigan are among those sickened in a nationwide E. coli outbreak. The E. coli outbreak has sickened 24 people in 15 states, including the two in Michigan. The contamination has been...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Pension tax, E. coli outbreak, Grand River oil spill
Governor Snyder stands by pension taxGovernor Snyder is standing by a new state tax on retirees' pensions despite calls from both Republicans and Democrats to repeal the legislation."A group of five...
View ArticleKent County health officials tell Rockford residents to boil water, sponge...
Update 9/5/13: Rockford Public Schools have closed six schools today because of the water advisory. Superintendent Mike Shibler wrote in a letter to parents he made that decision based on the...
View ArticleIn this morning's headlines: Medicaid and road funding, Detroit housing...
Governor Snyder says some Medicaid funding could go toward roads "Governor Rick Snyder says extending Medicaid to thousands of working poor people will save Michigan taxpayers money. He wants to use...
View ArticleSix schools in Rockford will remain closed Friday over E. coli contamination...
Around 2,500 students in the Rockford Public Schools district are home today because of E. coli bacteria in the city’s water system. Complications over the holiday weekend led to elevated levels of the...
View ArticleE coli has cleared from Rockford water system, residents advised to take...
The E coli bacteria that was discovered earlier this week in Rockford’s municipal water system has cleared out. People living in the Grand Rapids suburb will need to do some things around their house...
View ArticleScientists hope E. coli genome sequencing will help track future outbreaks
A research team has produced the first complete genome sequencing of a strain of E. coli. This particular strain is associated with outbreaks of food poisoning that can be deadly. Haythem Latif is on...
View ArticleNew test will give beachgoers faster E. coli level results
Health officials close beaches when levels of E. coli bacteria are too high. But it takes 24 hours to get test results. A new test identifies E. coli DNA. You don’t have to wait a full day to grow a...
View ArticleE. coli outbreak sickens 6 in Michigan, tied to organic cheese farm
An E. coli outbreak that's already sickened seven people is being tied to a dairy farm near Grand Rapids. Grassfields Cheese is a family-owned, organic farm in Coopersville. It has issued a recall, and...
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