HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. ( FOX 56) — Officials sounded the alarm Monday as a Giardia outbreak had begun to migrate in Kentucky.

HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) — An outbreak of Giardia has begun to migrate across Kentucky, according to health officials. A ...

The Giardia outbreak in Hopkins County is spreading, health officials warn. Monday, Kentucky Public Health released a ...

A total of 66 laboratory-confirmed cases of Giardia have been reported in Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Webster Counties since May.

A lawsuit was filed Monday in Hopkins County against a Madisonville restaurant following an outbreak of a parasitic illness that can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps and other digestive tract-related ...

Cases of the gut disease giardiasis coincided with failures at the water treatment plant in Havre, which supplies the town of roughly 10,000 people with their drinking water.

“ (The plant operators) never detected giardia in the city’s water supply,” said Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher in an interview over the phone. “It’s suspect. It’s potential.

The report says the Montana Department of Environmental Quality collected a raw water sample from the City of Havre's water system on May 1, 2024, and results confirmed giardia in the source water.

Giardia is a parasite that is swallowed and goes through the intestinal tract, causing diarrhea. This can be found in water ...