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  Whooping cough cases in Washington state might hit 2,000 by end of 2024

  So far this year, close to 2,000 cases have been reported in Washington state, compared to just 78 at the same time last year. This year’s total is the highest since 2012.

  • KUOW Staff
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  Salmonella-linked cucumbers sicken 5 Washingtonians amid string of national foodborne illness outbreaks

  A nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium has infected 68 people in 19 states, including five people in Washington state. The outbreak has been linked to cucumbers grown in Sonora, Mexico, and packaged by Arizona-based SunFed Produce.

  • KUOW Staff
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  Foodborne illnesses and your Thanksgiving dinner. What to know

  As a food safety attorney who handles cases of E. coli, salmonella, and campylobacter outbreaks, Bill Marler thinks about food, a lot, especially around foodie holidays like Thanksgiving. "Do not, under any circumstance, wash your turkey," Marler told KUOW's Seattle Now. "Don’t do that. You really have to treat poultry like it’s contaminated, because it likely is."

  • Dyer Oxley