CDC links more salmonella illnesses to kratom

By Kimberly Leonard

Published March 2, 2018 9:10pm ET

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CDC links more salmonella illnesses to kratom — Kratom is an herbal supplement that can be smoked, sipped in tea, or taken as tablets. People who take it have said that it helps relieve chronic pain and depression, and it can work as a replacement to opioids. Some people take it for its stimulating effects. | (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

A dozen more people have been infected with salmonella that officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say is a result of ingesting tainted kratom products.

The latest addition since the first announcement Feb. 20 brings the total to 40 sickened people in 27 states. Nearly half of those sickened were hospitalized, and no one has died.

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