CDC Reports 2 Deaths Linked to Salmonella Outbreak

Nearly 100 people have fallen sick due to a salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe.
CDC Reports 2 Deaths Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
A cantaloupe sliced open in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 29, 2011. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that two people have died in Minnesota and 45 others have been hospitalized due to a salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe.

A total of 99 people in 32 states have been sickened due to the outbreak as of Nov. 24, the CDC stated. Health authorities found that contaminated cantaloupes may have been the cause of illness in this outbreak.
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