23-year-old paralyzed by botulism from a can of soup

Health officials in Colorado are warning Americans to properly refrigerate and heat their food after an exchange worker was paralyzed by a deadly bacteria. Claudia de Albuquerque Celada, 23, is in hospital on a ventilator after contracting botulism, a rare food-borne pathogen that attacks the body’s nerves. Local health officials traced the Brazilian native’s infection …

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