That particularly severe bacterial outbreak wasn't typical, but it's a reminder that even simple cosmetic procedures carry health risks.

Health officials are alerting hospitals and nursing homes around the city to an unexplained bacterial outbreak linked to three deaths and to illnesses in 35 patients.

On three previous occasions when New Yorkers faced water alerts, the cause of the bacterial outbreak was quickly established.

A bacterial outbreak at a hospital here was more widespread than first believed but did not contribute in a significant way to the deaths of 22 people, the state health department says.

On three previous occasions when city residents had to boil their water, the cause of the bacterial outbreaks was established quickly, he said.

Childhood obesity, bacterial outbreaks, dependence on foreign oil, and the loss of the family farm.

Despite its beneficial properties, lettuce when contaminated is often a source of bacterial, viral and parasitic outbreaks in humans, including E. coli and Salmonella.

The FDA has stated in response to the extensive bacterial outbreak that it is "yet another reason to fully implement the Food Safety Modernization Act."

The Agriculture Department, which regulates meat and poultry, has had success in recent years cutting the number of bacterial outbreaks.

The station was closed temporarily between April 1926 and April 1927 and finally on 8 July 1929, after a bacterial outbreak due to horse faeces.