Personal Injury Law

Day Care worker diagnosed with Cryptosporidiosis

Posted on October 09, 2007
A Wisconsin day care worker has been diagnosed with Cryptosporidiosis, the infection caused by the ingestion of Cryptosporidium, a parasite.  As reported by the Lake County Reporter: At All About Learning in Oconomowoc, the staff member with Cryptosporidium is being treated with antibiotics and has already been allowed to return to work under physician approval...

Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks Associated With Recreational Water Use -- Five States, 2006

Posted on October 02, 2007
Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium and can produce watery diarrhea lasting 1-3 weeks1; one or two cases per 100,000 population are reported annually in the United States.2-3 Fecal-oral transmission of Cryptosporidium oocysts occurs through ingestion of contaminated drinking or recreational water, consumption of contaminated food, and contact with infected persons or animals (e...

Baby's Bliss Gripe Water Warning

Posted on October 02, 2007
MOM Enterprises, in cooperation with an FDA investigation, is recalling apple-flavored Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water (code number 26952V, expiration date October 2008) after laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of the Cryptosporidium pathogen keep reading here

State health department warns about illness

Posted on September 17, 2007
PIERRE - The state health department is warning South Dakotans to protect themselves from cryptosporidiosis, an intestinal illness that is increasing across the nation. The disease is caused by a microscopic parasite called Cryptosporidium, and outbreaks in the past have been linked to contaminated recreational water such as swimming pools and waterparks...

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Crypto diarrhea illness in Shelby County

Posted on September 17, 2007
Cryptosporidium, also known as crypto is a germ that causes diarrhea. An individual becomes infected with crypto by accidentally swallowing feces-contaminated food or water or having contact with other feces-contaminated objects. Crypto is easily spread person-to-person...

Ban on tots in pools extended for 2 more weeks

Posted on September 17, 2007
State and local health departments Tuesday extended for at least two more weeks the swimming restrictions that bar children under 5 from public pools. Restrictions were announced in late August to deal with a statewide outbreak of illness caused by the parasite cryptosporidium, most often spread by swimming pools...

Water Parasite Affects 7 Valley Residents

Posted on September 17, 2007
A mysterious parasite is somewhere in Southern Nevada's water supply. The water-borne illness has already affected seven people in the valley. The Southern Nevada Health District has few answers about where the parasite, cryptosporidium, came from. This mystery has few common threads...

Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance --- United States, 2003--2005

Posted on September 07, 2007
Problem/Condition: Cryptosporidiosis, a gastrointestinal illness, is caused by protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium. Reporting Period: 2003--2005. System Description: State and two metropolitan health departments voluntarily reported cases of cryptosporidiosis through CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System...

Eight people sick from cryptosporidium in Marathon County

Posted on August 27, 2007
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - The Marathon County health department is investigating an outbreak of cryptosporidium (krip-toh-spor-RID'-ium). The disease is a single-celled parasite that causes watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps. So far eight people have been sickened since August 6th...

Campbell County reports 18 cryptosporidium cases

Posted on August 21, 2007
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Eighteen cases of cryptosporidium linked to two pools have been documented in Gillette since mid-July. A few other cases have originated at Keyhole Reservoir in Crook County. Kelly Weidenbach, a state surveillance epidemiologist, says it's difficult to say whether the parasite source is the Gillette city pool or the Campbell County pool...

Cases of water-linked diarrhea continue to rise across state

Posted on August 21, 2007
The number of people reporting cases of severe diarrhea continues to rise, and exposure will likely not decline until people who are sick - or who have recently been sick - avoid pools and recreational waters, the Utah Department of Health warns. To date, more than 150 cases of cryptosporidium - a parasite that is chlorine resistant at normal levels used in pools and can be difficult to eliminate - have been reported to the Davis County, Salt Lake Valley, Utah County and Weber/Morgan health departments...

Cryptosporidium outbreak closes Garner Aquatic Center for season

Posted on August 21, 2007
GARNER — The Garner Aquatic Center will close for the season effective immediately due to a recent outbreak of the cryptosporidium parasite. On August 17, the city of Garner was notified that at least one person with cryptosporidiosis was known to have recently visited the Aquatic Center and that the pool would have to close for the day to super-chlorinate the water...

County logs six pool parasite cases

Posted on August 21, 2007
FARMINGTON — Davis County health officials are asking that people abide by good hygiene practices as they make use of area pools. Over the past few weeks, there have been six cases of the parasite cryptosporidium reported in area pools, causing gastrointestinal illnesses, like diarrhea...

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