Romaine calm: CDC says E. coli outbreak is over

Published January 9, 2019 11:38pm ET



U.S. health officials on Wednesday declared an end to the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that affected over 60 U.S. consumers and put at least 25 people in the hospital in the final three months of 2018.

From October to December, the outbreak sickened 62 people from 16 states and the District of Columbia. Out of the 62 cases, the final three were reported in the latter half of December. Two out of the 25 hospitalized suffered kidney failure, and at least 29 cases were also recorded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. No deaths were reported.

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