The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 28 people had been hospitalized with listeria infections across a dozen states.At least two people have died and more than two dozen others have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria that appears to be connected to meat sliced at delis, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The fatalities were recorded in Illinois and New Jersey, the agency said. In all, 28 people across 12 states have been hospitalized with an infection of the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes since May, the C.D.C. said on Friday.“Many people in this outbreak are reporting eating meats that they had sliced at deli counters,” the agency said, adding that the true number of people infected was most likely higher.New York has reported the most cases at seven, followed by Maryland with six. States that have also reported cases include: Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.Patients who gave samples that tested positive for the bacteria between May 29 and July 5 were 32 to 94 years old, including one pregnant person who recovered, according to the investigation.The C.D.C. said public health investigators were using a national database of DNA fingerprints of bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses to identify specific products that had been contaminated.DNA fingerprinting is performed on bacteria using a method called whole genome sequencing, which showed that bacteria from samples of those infected were closely related genetically, suggesting that people became ill from eating the same foods.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service was working to identify the suppliers of meats, sliced at deli counters, purchased in the outbreak.“Listeria spreads easily among deli equipment, surfaces, hands and food,” the C.D.C. said. “Refrigeration does not kill Listeria, but reheating to a high enough temperature before eating will kill any germs that may be on these meats.”The agency said that it had no evidence of listeria bacteria infections tied to prepackaged deli meats.Listeria bacteria, which are naturally found in soil, can contaminate many foods. When ingested, they are most harmful to people who are pregnant, people who are at least 65 years old or those who have weakened immune systems.Listeria infection is the third leading cause of death from food-borne illness in the United States, according to the C.D.C.Possible symptoms from an infection include fever, muscle aches and tiredness. Listeria can cause pregnancy loss, premature birth and life-threatening infections in newborns. For people who are 65 years or older, or with a weakened immune system, listeria often results in hospitalization and sometimes death.Public health authorities in Canada this month reported that two people had died from listeriosis after consuming plant-based alternatives to dairy milk. In June, dozens of ice cream products were recalled by the manufacturer Totally Cool after the Food and Drug Administration warned of possible listeria contamination.In 2023, several listeria outbreaks were reported, including ones tied to leafy greens, ice cream and peaches, nectarines and plums.

“Have an abortion with me,” a single mother from Brooklyn named Sunni says as she twirls around her kitchen to light jazzy piano, before walking TikTok viewers through the steps she took to end her pregnancy at home.With states expanding restrictions on abortion and the issue likely to be at the forefront of the presidential election, women are creating videos on social media describing their own abortions and sharing practical information on how to obtain one.Sunni explained to viewers that she was craving information when she was planning her abortion. “This is the video I was looking for,” she said.The reaction to her video, which has been viewed more than 400,000 times and has drawn comments of both commiseration and condemnation, shows how deeply personal and divisive the issue remains in the run up to the November elections.“This is the video I was looking for,” Sunni said in her widely shared TikTok.Paola Chapdelaine for The New York TimesOne viewer, a campaigner with the group Protect Life Michigan, remixed the video on the group’s own TikTok account, criticizing Sunni for her lighthearted tone and for making the video at all.

@mikaelaattu Having an abortion was honestly such a peaceful experience for me, the staff were so kind and supportive. The whole procedure I didn’t feel any physical pain and after the medication wore off I felt completely fine other then feeling a little loopy. My husband and I went for a walk after to go get some food and just talked threw how we were feeling about the whole experience.(Highly recommend taking time to bond with your partner if your lucky to have that support) I ended up having the surgical abortion btw. You are not alone 🤍 time for the healing to begin #abortionawarenesss #abortion ♬ Get You The Moon – Kina We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

A Missouri hospital said the amputations involved mostly fingers and toes after a game in January when temperatures were below zero.Several fans of the Kansas City Chiefs who attended a playoff game on a bitterly cold January day in Missouri suffered frostbite that required amputations, according to the hospital that treated them.Twelve people — including some football fans who were at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13 — had to undergo amputations involving mostly fingers and toes, the hospital, Research Medical Center in Kansas City, said in a statement on Saturday.The center said it treated dozens of patients who experienced frostbite during an 11-day cold snap. Not all of the patients who had amputations attended the Chiefs game. Some were people who worked outdoors in the extreme cold, the hospital said.The exact number of fans who attended the game who had amputations was unclear. The hospital said there was some overlap among the fans and those who had also worked outdoors.The hospital also noted that symptoms of frostbite can develop slowly, and that many of the frostbite patients it treated could not identify when their injuries occurred — when their pain, numbness and other symptoms began.The hospital said it was a record number of frostbite patients since the burn center opened 11 years ago.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution were released late on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water.Philadelphia officials on Sunday suggested residents consider using bottled water rather than tap water for drinking and cooking after a chemical spill into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of drinking water for about 14 million people across four states.A pipe ruptured at Trinseo PLC, a chemical plant, late on Friday, sending about 8,100 gallons of a water-soluble acrylic polymer solution into Otter Creek in Bucks County, north of Philadelphia, officials said.“Contaminants have not been found in our water system at this time,” Michael Carroll, Philadelphia’s deputy managing director for transportation, infrastructure and sustainability, said at a news conference on Sunday morning.However, he said, “we cannot be 100 percent that there will not be traces of these chemicals in the tap water,” adding that a low level of exposure would not endanger human health.“It’s like the material you find in paint,” Tim Thomas, a vice president at the Trinseo chemical plant, told WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. “It’s your typical acrylic paint you have in your house. That’s what really this material is, in a water base.”Company representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said that on-site water samples had not detected any contaminants. As of Sunday morning, “no additional product was leaving the facility and entering the Delaware River,” the agency said.Still, the U.S. Coast Guard, which also responded to the spill, said that people should avoid the site where cleanup operations were underway.Mr. Carroll said at the news conference that there were no concerns over skin exposure to the chemical or of a fire hazard.“Bathing and washing dishes do not present a concern,” he said. “Likewise, we have no concern over inhaling fumes at the levels we are evaluating.”Two of the chemicals released through the burst pipe were butyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate, both colorless liquids with an acrid odor that are used for making paints, caulks and adhesives.Both chemicals can cause breathing difficulties and irritation of the eyes and skin, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.Butyl acrylate was among the hazardous materials aboard the Norfolk Southern train that derailed and ignited a toxic chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February.With the scope of the Norfolk Southern disaster still unknown, some people expressed a wariness to trust officials’ assurances that the Friday spill in Bucks County was not dangerous.Comments posted on Facebook about the news conference by Philadelphia officials drew parallels to the Ohio derailment and reflected a reluctance to drink the municipal tap water.Local television news showed Philadelphia residents emptying grocery shelves of bottled water on Sunday afternoon.

More than 400 food products from Fresh Ideation Food Group were recalled, some of which were sold on Amtrak trains and in vending machines last month.A Baltimore-based company has recalled more than 400 food items sold in Amtrak trains, vending machines and shops across the Eastern Seaboard because of potential listeria contamination, the federal Food and Drug Administration said last week.The company, Fresh Ideation Food Group, recalled breakfast sandwiches, muffins, yogurt, fresh produce and other items sold from Jan. 24 to Jan. 30 “because the products have the potential to be contaminated” with listeria bacteria, the F.D.A. said.Listeria causes an illness that can be fatal, especially among children, older adults and those with weakened immune systems, and an infection that can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths.The recall applies to products with a “sell through” date from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. The affected products were distributed in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.“During routine monitoring of our facility, we determined that listeria may be present in the facility,” the company said in a prerecorded statement. “In an abundance of caution, we have recalled all products made at the time of this finding.”No illnesses had been reported by Feb. 3, when the F.D.A. announced the recall. Consumers who have purchased any of the items are encouraged to contact Fresh Ideation.A company spokesman did not immediately respond to messages seeking more information.Food products sold on Amtrak trains were among those recalled.Mark Makela for The New York TimesIn an email to customers, Amtrak said that some of the recalled products had been sold on two of its busiest train lines, the Acela and Northeast Regional trains, between Jan. 24 and 29.“We immediately stopped serving these products and promptly removed them from our trains upon notification,” the company said, adding that “all products currently served onboard are completely safe to consume.”Symptoms of listeria can include fever, muscle aches, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The symptoms generally begin roughly two weeks after ingesting food laced with the bacteria.In the United States, past listeria outbreaks have been connected to undercooked poultry, raw vegetables and unpasteurized milks and ice cream, the F.D.A. said.Big Olaf Creamery, a family-owned business in Sarasota, Fla., recalled its ice cream amid an F.D.A. investigation last summer into an outbreak that killed at least one person and sickened two dozen other people.At least one person died and 13 others were hospitalized during a listeria outbreak last fall that federal officials tied to deli meat and cheeses. Among those sickened during the outbreak was a pregnant person who lost the pregnancy, the F.D.A. said.Pregnant women are 10 times more likely than other people to become infected, according to the C.D.C.About 1,600 people get listeriosis in the United States each year, according to the C.D.C., and about one in five people with the infection die.

A 66-year-old woman was taken to a funeral home, where workers discovered her chest moving, a report said. An Alzheimer’s care center in Iowa that declared her dead was fined $10,000.An Alzheimer’s care center in Iowa was fined $10,000 after mistakenly declaring a patient dead, according to a report from the state’s Health Department.The patient, a 66-year-old woman who was not named in the report, was declared dead by staff members of the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, Iowa, on Jan. 3, and transported to a funeral home, according to the report.But when staff members at the funeral home unzipped the body bag, she was alive and gasping for air, according to a citation from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.The woman was admitted to the special care center in December 2021 with early onset dementia, anxiety and depression. She entered hospice care in late December 2022 with senile degeneration of the brain and was treated with the anxiety drug lorazepam and morphine, a painkiller, according to the report.Starting around last month, her vital signs and responsiveness worsened. She refused meals and had seizures. A doctor ordered an increase in morphine and lorazepam “due to active decline,” the report said.Early on Jan. 3, a care center employee at the end of a 12-hour shift found the woman unresponsive and conferred with a nurse, who declared the woman dead. The nurse informed the woman’s daughter and secured orders from a doctor to release her to a funeral home.Funeral home workers unzipped the body bag and noticed that the woman’s chest was moving and watched as “she gasped for air,” the report said. They called 911 and the hospice.An ambulance transported the woman to an emergency room with a low temperature and shallow breathing. The woman had a do-not-resuscitate directive, so she was brought back to the hospice at the Alzheimer’s care center, where she died two days later.Iowa’s Health Department fined the center $10,000 for two violations, which included a rule that says care homes must preserve the dignity of residents. The report did not address what, if any, actions were taken regarding the nurse.On Sunday, an employee at Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center said she was not able to comment. The center’s executive director, Lisa Eastman, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.Ms. Eastman sent a statement to the local television station KCCI, which reported on the case.“We care deeply for our residents and remain fully committed to supporting their end-of-life care,” Ms. Eastman said in the statement. “All employees undergo regular training so they can best support end-of-life care and the death of our residents.”The center did not dispute the Health Department’s findings, according to the report. It has 30 days from Feb. 1, the date of the citation, to request a formal hearing or pay the penalty.The center is a 66-bed residential facility run by Dallas-based Frontier Management, one of the largest senior housing managers in the United States.The center or its administrator has been fined more than a dozen times since opening in 2001, according to Iowa Health Department records, for violations that include a lack of specialized staff training in memory care and a lack of infection control during the pandemic, when patients who tested positive for Covid-19 were roomed with other residents.It is not unheard-of for people to be declared dead only to be found alive hours later.In 2020, a woman in Michigan with cerebral palsy was declared dead by paramedics but was discovered to be breathing hours later by a funeral home worker who was preparing to embalm her body.In 2018, a South African woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a car wreck but hours later was found alive in a mortuary.