NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health announced they are investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism in the state. NMDOH says one case is in Rio Arriba County involving a ...

Health officials in New Mexico are investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism in residents with reported injection drug use. The state noted that two prior cases were reported in January, ...

The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin produced by the bacterium ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating a confirmed case and a suspected case of wound botulism in Eddy County. According to NMDOH, a 28-year-old man in Eddy County is ...

Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of ...

Botulism is a rare but serious illness caused by a toxin that affects the nervous system, leading to muscle weakness and potentially life-threatening complications. It can result from contaminated ...

In a case study in PLoS Medicine, doctors report on the case of a 35 year old heroin user who came to the accident and emergency department with double vision, slurred speech, drooping eyelids, and ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) asked clinicians and the public to report signs and/or symptoms of wound botulism, a rare but serious paralytic illness. The NMDOH ...

A woman from Toronto was hospitalised on a trip to France after eating at a Bordeaux wine bar. Jubilee Pridham, 33, fell ill after dining at a wine bar in Bordeaux’s tourism district, and is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the first time, the CDC has published clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of botulism. Agam ...