Tag: coast-chipotle
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How CDC Is Using DNA Technology in Suspected Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Investigation
As the E. coli outbreak believed to be linked to West Coast Chipotle restaurants grows, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is using cutting-edge DNA technology to assist with the investigation. At least 40 people in Washington and Oregon have been sickened with an E. coli infection, according to health officials,…
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Wyoming lawmakers eye making a pound of pot edibles a felony
A panel of Wyoming lawmakers is backing a bill that would make it a felony to possess a pound or more of marijuana-laced edibles as the state grapples with the legalization of recreational pot for adults by neighboring Colorado. The draft bill that passed the Wyoming legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a 7-6…
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US man’s headache caused by tapeworm larvae
Doctors told local media that the pupal parasite burrowed in the brain of Luis Ortiz, 26, a student in Sacramento, came close to taking his life, news reports said Thursday. The worm was forming in a cyst that blocked the flow of water to chambers in Ortiz's brain, “like a cork in a bottle,” his…