Maryland Department of Health
Coverage of Maryland Department of Health in the Nexus archive.
- Check your kitchen: Alfredo sauce, dairy cheese recalls impact DC area
The Coffee Connexion Co. is recalling Alfredo sauce due to potential Salmonella contamination, impacting 41 states including Maryland and Virginia. Clover Hill Dairy faces expanded advisories for ricotta cheese linked to a Listeria outbreak that caused illness and at least one death in Maryland.
- Listeria outbreak tied to soft cheese kills 1, sickens others across several states, FDA says
A Listeria outbreak linked to soft cheese has resulted in one death and multiple illnesses across several states, according to the FDA. The Maryland Department of Health has suspended Clover Hill Dairy's operating license.
- Two Maryland residents monitored for hantavirus after sharing flight with infected cruise ship passenger
Two Maryland residents are being monitored for potential hantavirus exposure after sharing a flight with an infected cruise ship passenger. The risk to the public in Maryland remains very low, according to state health officials. The residents were not on the MV Hondius cruise ship but shared a flight with a passenger who has the virus.