Illness Hits Group Aboard 2 NWA Flights (D.C. to MN - 4/22/05)
April 22, 2005 NWASICKKIDS0422 At least 20 children traveling on two Northwest Airlines flights from Washington, D.C., to the Twin Cities, became sick and were sent to hospitals after landing in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.
Northwest personnel at Washington's Reagan National Airport noticed that some members of the group seemed ill before leaving that airport, NWA spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said Thursday. The group of 89 people was returning to Winnipeg after sightseeing in Washington earlier in the day.
The Winnipeg group had visited a museum and eaten in a cafeteria, Ebenhoch said. The children were traveling through Minneapolis on two separate Northwest flights. About 30 were taken to hospitals, Ebenhoch said. No other passengers on the flights became ill....
Illness Linked To Frozen Chicken (St. Paul, MN - 4/21/05)
Apr 21, 2005 3:27 pm US/Central St. Paul (WCCO) Four state salmonella cases have been linked to frozen stuffed chicken entrees, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday.
The chicken products were sold at Cub Foods stores under the Cub brand name. The kinds that caused the illness were the chicken broccoli and cheese and possibly the Kiev and chicken cordon bleu, according to the health department.
The chicken products were manufactured at a plant in Illinois and have the plant code P-1358. Cub Foods has voluntarily pulled the products from its shelves...
Mystery Illness Strikes Group of Travelers (D.C. to Winnipeg, Canada - 4/22/05)
Last Updated Apr 22 2005 01:36 PM CDT WINNIPEG – Some 50 people who were on a trip from Winnipeg to Washington, D.C., are recovering after coming down with symptoms similar to food poisoning.
The Asper Foundation was one of the sponsors of a program that sent 114 students and 24 chaperones to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
While they were returning home, more than 50 of the group's members were overtaken by an illness that caused them to vomit and left them dehydrated. Eight people were hospitalized; all but two have since been released. Those who became ill had not eaten the same things, but the illness seemed to strike at the same time, on the second leg of the air trip home.
Mystery Illness Sends 38 WPI Students To Hospitals (Mass. - 4/21/05)
Health Officials Still Investigating Cause
POSTED: 5:12 pm EDT April 21, 2005 UPDATED: 5:42 pm EDT April 21, 2005
WORCESTER, Mass. -- About 40 students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were sent to area hospitals Wednesday night after becoming violently ill.
Although the illness appears to be food-related, the university is still investigating the cause, NewsCenter 5's David Boeri reported.
"The symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea. Some were passing out," said student Chris Donnelly. "Apparently, they were really sick to their stomachs this morning," said student Andrew Bangs.
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