128 Sick in 13 States with Salmonella from Chicken

128 people have been reported in 13 states to have been infected with salmonella. The states include: Alabama, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

Over 30 percent of the ill persons were hospitalized but no deaths have been reported, with Oregon and Washington being to two states hardest hit with 39 coming from Oregon and 56 from Washington.

The outbreak has been linked to Foster Farms brand chicken because the Washington State Public Health Laboratories found Salmonella in four samples of the chicken in the homes of three of the people that were sick.

Published by: John Ayala


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