State and local public health officials are interviewing ill people to determine what they ate and other exposures in the week before their illness started.

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In general, people do not spread Legionnaires' disease to other people.

Epidemiologic evidence and early product distribution information indicate that whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico and sold in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are a likely source of this outbreak.

The skyrocketing growth of young people's e-cigarette use over the past year threatens to erase progress made in reducing youth tobacco use. It's putting a new generation at risk for nicotine addiction.

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At this time, no common supplier, distributor, or brand of ground beef has been identified.

Infections caused by this particular drug-resistant Pseudomonas are rare in the United States and difficult to treat.

Even with an increase in cases since 2014, AFM remains a very rare condition. Less than one in a million people in the United States get AFM each year.

After a hurricane or flood, the health department or mosquito control district will often take steps to reduce the mosquito population.

CDC public health officers are working with port authority, EMS, and CBP officials to evaluate passengers including taking temperatures and making arrangements for transport to local hospitals those that need care, passengers who are not ill will be allowed to continue with their travel plans, and if necessary will be followed up with by health officials.

In interviews, ill people reported eating kosher chicken, and when asked about the specific brand eaten, several people reported Empire Kosher brand. The outbreak strain was also identified in samples of raw chicken collected from two facilities, including one facility that processes Empire Kosher brand chicken.

One out of 10 (with neuroinvasive West Nile virus) will die; one out of 10 will have permanent disabilities.

The E. coli O157 : H7 found in the canal water is closely related genetically to the E. coli O157 : H7 from ill people.

This advice includes whole heads and hearts of romaine, chopped romaine, baby romaine, organic romaine, and salads and salad mixes containing romaine lettuce, if you do not know if the lettuce in a salad mix is romaine, do not eat it.

Before purchasing romaine lettuce at a grocery store or eating it at a restaurant, confirm with the store or restaurant that is not chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma Arizona growing region. If you cannot confirm the source of the romaine lettuce, do not buy it or eat it.

As many of his colleagues in the USPHS have pointed out, this information is incorrect. In fact, he received an early promotion/exceptional proficiency promotion to Commander effective July 1, 2017, in recognition of his exemplary performance in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), over and above any of his assignments at CDC, his early promotion within the USPHS reflects his excellence as an officer and an employee.

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In interviews, ill people answered questions about the foods they ate and other exposures in the months before they became ill. Eight (73 percent) of 11 people interviewed reported consuming kratom in pills, powder or tea.

Some women and their partners residing in areas with active Zika virus transmission may decide to delay pregnancy.

Because listeria was recently found in raw milk produced by Miller's Organic Farm, we are concerned that contaminated raw milk and other raw dairy products from this company could still be on the market and make people sick.

Collaborative investigative efforts of state, local and federal public health and regulatory officials indicate that pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios are a likely source of this outbreak.

There have been no reports of sexual transmission of Zika virus from infected women to their sex partners.