Two recent studies have highlighted the dangers of foodborne botulism from homemade food. In the first, a family cluster of botulism in China was associated with the consumption of homemade fermented ...

Typical clinical findings of infant botulism include progressive hypotonia, flaccid paralysis extending from the cranial nerves to the extremities, and constipation. Parents of infants with the ...

Federal health officials on Wednesday expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers and families to immediately stop using all ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products after a nationwide recall ...

When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved the ...