| ■ Salmonella Cases Still a Mystery | 2009.01.16 |
| Georgia, Ohio and Minnesota are among the 42 states now affected by the salmonella bacterium that has continued to sicken hundreds of Americans during the past three months with a reported 388 cases, the Associated Press said Thursday. Georgia officials said they've identified five people who became ill from mid-October to mid-December. No one died, but at least one person was hospitalized. In Ohio, 51 people in 20 counties, where at least a dozen were hospitalized, had the same type of salmonella about the same time as the Georgia cases, health officials said. A Minnesota health official said Thursday the state has had 30 cases, while in California, 51 cases had been reported as of last week, AP said. |