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

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 ...

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?

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

Foodborne botulism is a potentially deadly condition that’s caused by eating food contaminated with botulinum toxin, a potent toxin that attacks the body’s nervous system. The disease is ...

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 ...

Intravenous drug users are at a higher risk of wound-borne botulism, while infants tend to suffer from gastrointestinal botulism because their gut microbiomes are still developing. Botulism is ...