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Thursday, June 06, 2013  Flooding and concerns about water quality have prompted the closings of several public swimming beaches in Missouri.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  The beach at Finger Lakes in Columbia is temporarily closed after water samples taken Tuesday revealed bacteria levels higher than those recommended for waters used for swimming.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A patient tested positive for antibiotic resistant CRE.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Officials are allowing production to resume at a northern Missouri creamery that produced cheese contaminated with E. coli.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  APNewsBreak: Obama's budget axes USDA program that tests for deadly bacteria in fresh produce

Saturday, October 15, 2011  State health officials have ordered the destruction of vacuum-packed chicken and ground pork products from a southeastern Missouri company.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  The Listeria outbreak traced to tainted Colorado cantaloupes has been the deadliest food-borne illness in the United States in a decade.

Sunday, September 18, 2011  Greene County health officials are investigating whether a rare bacterial infection found in an elderly person who later died came from a recalled batch of Colorado cantaloupes.

Monday, November 22, 2010  A University of Missouri researcher hopes a new lab test will more quickly identify a food-poisoning bacteria often found in poultry and eggs.

Monday, September 13, 2010  An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday

Thursday, August 12, 2010  People traveling to India for medical procedures have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.

Friday, July 23, 2010  Boone County’s Finger Lakes State Park joined 4 other Missouri beaches that will be closed this weekend because of high E. coli levels.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Federal health regulators say Johnson & Johnson managers failed to test for contamination of more than 40 varieties of children's cold medicines recalled over the weekend .

Thursday, September 24, 2009  J&J recalls types of infants', children's liquid Tylenol because of potential bacteria