Canned foods are often the culprit of this rare, but potentially deadly, condition. The good news is: It's treatable if ...

The botox toxin is a neurotoxin, which means it prevents the functioning of cells in the central nervous system. Specifically ...

Botulism, although rare, can be fatal, which is why it is so important that anyone receiving cosmetic injections does so ...

Three people are in hospital following a case of botulism, and NSW Police are investigating an anti-wrinkle injector in ...

A Sydney woman is in intensive care, and two others are hospitalised, with suspected botulism linked to unregulated ...

An unlicensed botox injector has been ordered to stop practising cosmetics in NSW and Victoria after three women were rushed to hospital with botulism.

The majority of the dead birds collected in Otago were paradise shelduck, a native taonga species that traditionally used ...

Authorities in NSW and Victoria have banned an unregistered Botox practitioner and warned the public to stay away from her firm after a suspected botulism outbreak. Norsafiza Binti Zakaria ...

Otago Fish & Game said it was the first known major outbreak of the bacterial disease in the region, while in Timaru rescuers ...

A doctor has delivered an urgent warning over the dangers of illicit anti-wrinkle injections after three Sydney women ended up in hospital following home botox treatments.

Botulism looks to be the cause at Washdyke and tests will rule out any exotic disease, the Department of Conservation says.

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