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A fourth person has died in what the New York City Health Department is describing as an "unusual" spike in Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx, officials said Saturday. The news comes as two more Bronx buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria... Read more

An investigation of a U.S. military facility's mistaken shipments of live anthrax bacteria has turned up another live sample, this one from a 2008 batch sent to Australia, a U.S. defense official said on Friday. The disclosure, if confirmed, suggests the possibility of a broader problem among…

Under fire for selling a medical scope linked to superbug outbreaks, Olympus Corp. is pushing back against its critics and says the design of its product isn't necessarily the sole cause for infections. U.S. health officials have determined that recent bacterial outbreaks were tied to reusable…

Blue Bell Creameries, the popular regional ice cream chain that recalled all of its products last month, knew that listeria was present in one of its factories as early as 2013, according to documents released by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.... Read more