SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating a confirmed case of wound botulism in a 33-year-old woman from Rio Arriba County who remains hospitalized. Health officials say ...

This week, the FDA and CDC expanded a recall to include all unexpired ByHeart powdered baby formula, after the brand was likely linked to 31 cases of botulism in infants as young as 16 days old. The ...

I'd think it's generally not necessary to test for it. C. botulinum is an anaerobe - it won't grow in the presence of oxygen, and most food processing is pretty highly aerobic. It's pretty rare and ...

Botulism is a term we've all probably heard, and know is something bad, but let's delve into it. It's a type of bacteria that produces a toxin called botulinum toxin. It can attack the body's nerves, ...

The revelation comes hours after it emerged another woman was being treated in the intensive care unit following an injection ...