The densely-populated island of Luzon is home to over half of the Philippines' population, many of whom consume shellfish on ...

Researchers from the Philippines and Malaysia have confirmed the presence in Luzon of a type of microscopic algae called ...

A person who has eaten DA-infected shellfish may experience vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. In some cases, DA has even caused the permanent loss of short-term memory in a condition ...

CDPH is lifting the warning about consuming sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara Counties. The ...

While most Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms are considered harmless, 58 species were noted to produce domoic acur (DA) that can induce vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps, and event permanent ...

There’s just one place in the province that tests for E. coli and paralytic shellfish poisoning. We visited it.

The toxin attacks the human hippocampus – a memory center -- resulting in an unpleasant three-day bout of something called amnesic shellfish poisoning that can leave lasting damage to short-term ...

The domoic acid toxin also poses a severe health risk to humans, as it can cause Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) when people consume contaminated shellfish. Symptoms of ASP include vomiting, ...

The shells of clams, cockles, mussels and oysters should be tightly shut or should shut immediately if you tap them - when this type of shellfish die, they decompose quickly and may not be safe to ...

i.e. paralytic shellfish poisoning, Ciguatera, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning.

In a new trailer for the midseason Fox drama Doc, Molly Parker’s titular Amy Larsen is anxious to return to her work as a healer — soon as she is done being a patient, having lost eight years ...