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?

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 ...

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 ...

Canned tuna products sold at Costco, Trader Joe’s, Walmart and other grocery stores have been recalled over a design concern that could potentially cause botulism. Anyone who consumed the tuna, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This can then lead to something called infant botulism, which is a very serious illness. Botulism is a rare condition caused by toxins produced by a certain type of bacteria called Clostridium ...