The stomach cramps started innocently enough after dinner, dismissed as typical indigestion from eating too quickly. Within hours, what seemed like minor discomfort escalated into violent illness that ...

Globally, one in ten people are affected by food-borne diseases each year. [iStockphotos] Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired ...

Reheated rice syndrome, or fried rice syndrome, is a type of food poisoning that happens when you eat rice left out too long after cooking. Bacteria known as Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) can grow on ...

If you’ve ever had food poisoning or the stomach flu, you know that neither one is a particularly pleasant experience. Many of the symptoms are the same, but there are a few ways to tell which type of ...

Gastroenteritis, or gastro for short, is a gut infection caused by a virus, bacterium or other microbe. The gut is teeming with cells including healthy microbes and the cells lining the gut. But when ...

It’s not always easy to distinguish norovirus from food poisoning. The two share many of the same symptoms, and when cases of the winter vomiting bug are unusually high – currently more than 45% above ...

Food poisoning affects millions of people in the UK every year, and the risk rises during the Christmas period. Large family meals, raw poultry, packed fridges and buffet food all increase the chances ...