E coli outbreak spreads
ecthompsonmd
December 7, 2006
From CNN.com: As many as 84 people in five Northeastern states have been confirmed as having the strain of E. coli bacteria involved in an outbreak believed to be linked to Taco Bell restaurants, officials said Thursday. State and federal agencies are still trying to pin down the source. At least one lawsuit relating to the outbreak already has been filed against the fast-food restaurant chain. E. coli cases — first reported November 29 in New Jersey, followed by New York and Pennsylvania — now have appeared in Delaware and Connecticut, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Interviews showed that
