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State Looking at Salmonella Cases in Texas Panhandle

State health officials are investigating about a dozen cases of salmonella over the past several weeks in Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle. The director of the infection prevention program at Dalhart’s Coon Memorial …

New Tests Could Hamper Food Outbreak Detection

It’s about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation’s ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks. Next-generation tests that promise to shave a …

Taco Bell Linked to Recent Salmonella Outbreak

Yum Brand Inc’s Taco Bell chain has been linked to a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people in 10 states late last year. Taco Bell said in a statement on Wednesday that investigators found that some of the people who …