Listeriosis Linked to Whittier Farms Takes Another Life
A third man has died from a Listeria infection (listeriosis) that has been linked to Whittier Farms milk. According to a story in the Boston Globe:
An 87-year-old Norfolk County man has died from a bacterial infection [listeriosis] linked to tainted milk from a mom-and-pop dairy [Whittier Farms in Central Massachusetts], the third death related to the outbreak, state health authorities reported this afternoon.
Two other elderly men died earlier from listeriosis linked to Whittier Farms milk, and an unborn child died when the child’s mother contracted listeriosis. People seriously sickened by Listeria are usually the elderly, people with compromised immune systems, pregnant women and unborn infants. Contact one of our attorneys for information on Listeria cases we have handled involving pregnancy and wrongful death.
This listeriosis outbreak has now sickened at least 5 people, according to the Boston Globe:
State disease investigators also reported today that the total number of cases of listeriosis attributed to the milk has risen by one, to five. A 31-year-old Middlesex County woman was diagnosed with the disease in September while in the hospital to deliver a baby, said Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state's director of communicable disease control. Investigators connected her to the milk after discovering that she had consumed 2 percent and whole milk made by Whittier.
The 31-year-old woman and her baby are both healthy, as is a 34-year-old woman whose illness was previously linked to the outbreak. That woman, though, suffered a miscarriage after exposure to the bacteria.
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