Food poisoning symptoms can vary widely in severity, as can the length of time one feels sick. Many people feel better after several hours, but it is not uncommon for symptoms to persist for 24 to ...

But food poisoning doesn’t include the effects of eating a food you’re allergic to. The vast majority of food poisonings are as a result of food contaminated by microbes and their toxins.

Listeria poisoning is caused by a particularly resilient type of bacteria that can survive and grow even during refrigeration. About 1,600 people are infected with it — and 260 die — each year ...

If you get food poisoning after eating eggs, there’s a good chance that it will take awhile before you can even handle the thought of eating a nice savory omelet again. That food aversion can be ...

Francine Shaw, a food safety specialist, and Namandjé Bumpus, principal deputy commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, answer six honest questions about food prep and safe food handling.

Food poisoning can happen at high-end resorts as well as during off-the-beaten-path adventures. One strategy at resorts: Be sure that at buffets, hot food is truly hot and cold food is truly cold.