Botulism — United States
A jar of home-canned salmon sent an Anchorage man to the hospital with a life-threatening illness for a week this summer [2019], according to state epidemiologists.
The man ate the salmon on 19 Aug 2019 and the next day reported feeling lightheaded. His vision and speech began to blur as his face weakened, according to an epidemiology bulletin. He went to the hospital and was immediately treated for botulism.
The illness is rare but occurs with higher per-capita frequency in Alaska than
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