The news last week that three people in Sydney were hospitalized with botulism after receiving botox injections has raised ...

Concerns around botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, are rising after canned tuna sold at popular grocery stores was recalled. But what is the illness and how does it develop?

Botox is derived from botulinum toxin type A, a toxin that’s produced from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It just so ...

Cans of tuna sold by major grocery chains in 27 states have been recalled by the Tri-Union Seafoods company over concerns a ...

The United States FDA has recalled several brands of canned tuna fish sold at Trader Joe's, Kroger, Costco, and more stores ...

Fewer than 50 cases of botulism have been confirmed in Australia since 1998 with the bulk of the cases presenting in infants. The disease is most commonly found in contaminated food, with the spores ...

Canned foods are often the culprit of this rare, but potentially deadly, condition. The good news is: It's treatable if caught early.

Tuna sold in 26 states and in Washington, D.C., was recalled over concerns that it may have been contaminated. The stores ...

In this way, botulism can also be caused by bacteria from the environment. This can present as wound infections , or intestinal infection with C. botulinum in infants specifically. Intravenous ...