{"id":120374,"date":"2018-05-09T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=120374"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:52:11","slug":"deadly-e-coli-outbreak-tied-to-lettuce-spreads-to-29-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/deadly-e-coli-outbreak-tied-to-lettuce-spreads-to-29-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Tied To Lettuce Spreads To 29 States"},"content":{"rendered":"
As of May 8, 2018, 149 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli<\/a> have been reported from 29 states. A list of the states and the number of cases in each can be found HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to April 25, 2018. Ill people range in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 30. Sixty-five percent of ill people are female. Of 129 people with information available, 64 (50%) have been hospitalized, including 17 people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. One death was reported from California.<\/p>\n State and local health officials continue to interview ill people to ask about the foods they ate and other exposures they had before they became ill. Of the 112 people interviewed, 102 (91%) reported eating romaine lettuce in the week before their illness started.<\/p>\n Information collected to date indicates that romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and could make people sick.<\/p>\n This investigation is ongoing,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As of May 8, 2018, 149 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 29 states. A list of the states and the number of cases in each can be found HERE. Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to April 25, 2018. Ill people range in age […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":120375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n