Health officials announced on Friday that five people have now died after consuming tainted lettuce from Arizona, making this the nation’s largest E. coli outbreak in a decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 25 new cases, across 13 states, related to the E. coli outbreak, which affected romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Ariz., growing region. Health officials said there are now 197 cases across 35 states. There have been 89 people hospitalized, and 26 who developed a type of kidney failure due to the infection. Most E. coli bacteria are not harmful, but some produce toxins that can cause severe illness.

Source: Fox News June 02, 2018 01:41 UTC