May 2008

I was reading today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have said that 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday’s raid at Agriprocessors Inc., in Postville, Iowa.  The facility is the world’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.  According to INS officials, the raid was aimed at seeking evidence of identity theft, stolen Social

Since April of this year, the New Mexico Department of Health has been investigating two Albuquerque IHop restaurants after two food servers were diagnosed with hepatitis A.  The servers at two separate International House of Pancakes – IHop – restaurants in northeast Albuquerque have been diagnosed with hepatitis A, the department said Tuesday. 

KTRE 9 reports that Ashlyn Johnson was one of more than three dozen people who came down with salmonella last week.  They all attended a Relay For Life event at Roughrider Stadium in Center last Friday evening. Ashlyn’s kidneys were failing so she was lifeflighted to a Shreveport hospital Tuesday night. She came home Friday,

Newsday reports that the number of confirmed cases of salmonella at Princeton University continues to grow.  The university said today that there are now 22 confirmed cases — 20 students and two staff.  Health officials have been investigating more than 70 other cases of stomach problems at the school that may be related to the