As a large-scale outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup appears to be forming in Canada and the U.S.

Several factors hampered investigators’ efforts to determine where the E. coli O157 outbreak originated, said Bill Wharton, spokesman for Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County. The investigation is finished, he said.

A forthcoming international Ironman competition will go ahead despite a recent E-coli contamination on Irish beaches, organizers have said.

Two more cases of E. coli O157 have been confirmed in Orkney, U.K., bringing the total number of people with the infection to four.

Five people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been confirmed dead of food poisoning from pickled Chinese cabbage produced by a Sapporo food company. Another two deaths are believed to be related to E. coli O157 found in the cabbage.

 Health types are investigating a cluster of seven E. coli cases in Livingston County, New York, up near Buffalo.

No deaths were reported, although four people were hospitalized. Two have since been discharged, according to health director Joan Ellison.

A 23-year-old is dead after she got E. coli, possibly after eating at a local restaurant. Her family is now asking for an investigation into the restaurant.

Canadians are being warned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency not to eat Tanimura & Antle brand Romaine Lettuce from Salinas, Calif. because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

Four people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been confirmed dead of food poisoning from pickled Chinese cabbage produced by a Sapporo food company.

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports another two are suspected to have died due to the cabbage.

Hundreds of mourners dressed in bright pink gathered today in Ayrshire for the funeral of tragic E.coli victim Rachel Shaw.