Four Hospitalized as E. Coli Investigations Linked to Fall Farms and a Texas Fair Continue

Three kids in ICU as pumpkin farm E.coli cases probed: How to stay safe

Three children are in intensive care as E.coli cases at pumpkin farms raise concerns ahead of Halloween.

Four hospitalized as E. coli investigations linked to fall farms and a Texas fair continue

Four of five patients linked to an Illinois pumpkin farm were hospitalized as officials investigated possible E. coli cases at a California farm and Texas fair petting zoo.

Pumpkin Patches, Petting Zoos and State Fairs: Three New E. coli Investigations, Twenty-Five Years of Outbreaks Just Like Them, and the Prevention Playbook Everyone Already Has

In the space of five days this October, three health departments opened investigations into Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections tied to animals at fall attractions: five confirmed cases, four of them hospitalized, at Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen, Illinois; five confirmed cases at Brookshire Farmsin San Luis Obispo, California, which has closed; and a cluster of sick children Dallas County...