Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is caused by the contamination of food by disease-causing agents (pathogens) such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and natural toxins from molds and ...

The stomach cramps started innocently enough after dinner, dismissed as typical indigestion from eating too quickly. Within hours, what seemed like minor discomfort escalated into violent illness that ...

Tomatoes have been implicated in this outbreak, but many other foods, such as raw meat and poultry, can spread salmonella and other kinds of bacteria. Food borne illnesses result in more than 300,000 ...

Telling the difference in symptoms between food poisoning and a stomach bug can be tough. That’s because both conditions bring on nausea, vomiting, and those dreaded stomach cramps. But knowing ...

As temperatures continue to rise, so too does the risk of food poisoning. U.S. officials are currently investigating an upsurge of listeria cases linked to ready-to-eat foods such as sandwiches and ...