Listeria concerns grow after death reported in TN

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:01:45 Category: News & Politics

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LEARN MORE DETAILS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO SWEEP CAMPUS. THANK YOU, MEGAN. THE LARGEST LISTERIA OUTBREAK SINCE 2011 IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT'S ALREADY CLAIMED ONE LIFE HERE IN TENNESSEE. >> IS LINKED TO BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT PINK AND HE JOINS US NOW WITH INSIGHT FROM A DOCTOR AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. PEYTON CALLAN. FORTUNATELY THE CDC IS REPORTING AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE OUTBREAK. ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN TENNESSEE AND 57 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH CASES ACROSS 18 STATES. ALL OF THE RECALLED BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM STORES AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. BUT IF YOU HAVE BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT IN YOUR FRIDGE. CHECK THE USDA MARK OF INSPECTION HAS THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN SYMPTOMS OF LISTERIA COULD TAKE WEEKS TO DEVELOP AND THEY INCLUDE FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES AND TIREDNESS, POSSIBLY A HEADACHE. A STIFF NECK, CONFUSION LOSS OF BALANCE OR SEIZURES. DOCTOR WILLIAM SCHAFFNER AT THE UMC SAYS WHEN THE BACTERIA SPREADS FROM YOUR GUT THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS. HE SAYS THIS IS ALSO A TRICKY BACTERIA. AND IF THE RECALLED PRODUCT IS STILL PRESENT. JUST GET RID OF IT AND DISINFECT THAT AREA. >> DON'T PLAY DELI MEAT ROULETTE. ROAD OUT DISCARDED. DON'T TAKE A CHANCE BECAUSE LISTERIA IS A POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS INFECTION. IT'S AN UNUSUAL BACTERIA IN THAT EVEN IN THE COLD TEMPERATURE OF A REFRIGERATOR. CAN MULTIPLY AND IF IT MULTIPLIES, THEN THAT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF BACTERIA IN THE PRODUCT MAKING IT WILL LIKELY IF YOU EAT YOU'LL BECOME ILL. >> THE INFECTIONS ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR

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